About Stories Blog Newsroom DONATE OUR FOCUS SERVING NEW ENGLAND MAKING AN IMPACT HOW YOU CAN HELP Shutterstock Home / Our Focus / Focus Areas / Clean Air & Water Clean Air & Water We are protecting clean air and water in New England – for today and for future generations Clean air and clean water are fundamental human rights. Here in New England, our rivers, streams, lakes, and ocean drive our economy while healthy air nourishes our bodies and our minds. Our Solutions For 50 years, CLF has fought to keep New England’s air and waters clean and healthy. It’s how we made our name – forcing polluters to clean up the dirty waters of Boston Harbor and turning the city’s shame into one of its most prized resources. We’ve taken the lessons learned from that hard-won victory and put them to work all across New England. We hold polluters accountable and push for enforcement of clean water and clean air laws at the local, state, and federal level. Today we are: CLEANING UP STORMWATER POLLUTION: We’re fighting for new protections and creative solutions to keep stormwater pollution from wreaking havoc on our communities. CURBING NUTRIENT POLLUTION: We’re working state by state, waterbody by waterbody to control nitrogen pollution that causes dead zones and toxic algae blooms. ENFORCING THE LAW: We’re holding polluting businesses accountable to the Clean Water and Clean Air acts, one polluter at a time – and helping out local communities with every win. Our Vision New England’s air and water can be free of contamination and toxic pollution. We can have waters you can swim in, fish, and drink from without worry. We can have clean air that boosts your health rather than harms it. This is the New England CLF is fighting to create. You Can Make a Difference Support CLF in Promoting a Healthy, Thriving New England Donate Join us Share this Page The Latest 10/27/21 BLOG Is Climate Change Putting Your County at Risk From Hazardous Waste? 10/18/21 PRESS RELEASE EPA Announces Plan to Confront PFAS Pollution 10/14/21 PRESS RELEASE CLF Settles Clean Air Act Lawsuit for Almost $2 Million More news CLF in Action Putting ExxonMobil On Trial More campaigns What We're Up Against The challenges facing New England’s air and water today loom large – and they’re only getting bigger. Runoff from ever-increasing expanses of pavement creates harmful brews that drain into our rivers and streams. Nitrogen and phosphorus are killing fish, creating dead zones in our bays, and causing toxic blue-green algae blooms that threaten our well-being. And tailpipe, power plant, and landfill pollution are contaminating our air, taking a toll on our health, especially children and the elderly. Climate change threatens to make these issues even worse, straining the health of already stressed species, driving more frequent and violent storms, and creating dangerous conditions for those with asthma and respiratory disease across New England. Our air and waters are in danger – and with them, the people, places, and wildlife that depend on them. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! $25 $50 $75 $100 Other DONATE JOIN THE FIGHT About Our Team How You Can Help Employment & Internships Privacy & Commenting Policies Updates Newsroom Action Center Conservation Matters Publications Contact CLF 617.350.0990 e-info@clf.org Press Inquiries: joneill@clf.org 62 Summer St Boston, MA 02110 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Youtube RSS Copyright ©2021 Conservation Law Foundation