Aug 02, 2024

New Hampshire Bans Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law today an important bill that will stop the spread of toxic chemical pollution by banning PFAS—or “forever chemicals”—in many consumer products sold in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Statehouse
Aug 01, 2024

Massachusetts Legislature Fails to Pass Climate Bill 

The Massachusetts Legislature failed to pass a climate bill as the legislative came to an end and left unaddressed significant measures that were essential to a clean energy transition and to rein in the expanded use of dirty gas.

A shot of the Massachusetts state house, from the bottom angled upwards.
Jul 29, 2024

CLF Proposes Cashes Ledge as National Marine Sanctuary 

Conservation Law Foundation on Monday submitted a nomination to make the Cashes Ledge Area, encompassing an extraordinary undersea mountain range and one of the most unique ecological structures in U.S. ocean waters, a National Marine Sanctuary.  

Fish swimming amid kelp at Cashes Ledge
Jul 22, 2024

Barnstable Wastewater Plant Continues to Pollute Cape Cod Waters 

Conservation Law Foundation on Monday refiled its Clean Water Act lawsuit against the Town of Barnstable, where the town’s sewage treatment plant is polluting waters with nitrogen, leading to toxic algae outbreaks that destroy habitats and sicken people and pets. 

Aerial view of algae mats in Warren's Cove in Marston Mills, Massachusetts. Cape Cod.