AROUND CLF.

* CONNECTICUT

CLF and our partner, the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation, have secured $42 million to fund the second phase of the Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund. The fund invests in real estate developments in historically disinvested communities, areas that often endure significant health and economic disparities. The second phase should create more than 450 new homes in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

* RHODE ISLAND

CLF is pushing for a beverage container deposit system to combat plastic pollution in the state. The new law would create a 10-cent fee on containers at the time of purchase, which could be redeemed when returning the empty bottle for recycling. This type of program has been proven to increase recycling rates, reduce litter, and save cities and towns money.

* NEW HAMPSHIRE

Stormwater runoff is a significant source of nitrogen pollution, one of the primary pollutants harming the health of New Hampshire's Great Bay estuary. CLF has made tremendous progress in cleaning up nitrogen pollution from wastewater treatment plants and cities and towns. Now we are pushing the EPA to regulate polluted runoff from large commercial, industrial, and institutional properties surrounding the estuary.

* MAINE

With our partners, CLF is urging Maine to adopt new standards requiring car and truck manufacturers to boost the numbers of zero-emission, electric vehicles sold each year in the state. Emissions from...