Jun 21, 2016
… However, the Conservation Law Foundation and its partner organizations oppose this delegation of authority to Massachusetts without adequate funding and without being able to explain the benefits the state is claiming will come from oversight of the program, said Caitlin Peale Sloan, a Conservation Law Foundation staff attorney. “We’ve already seen over the last… Continue reading Massachusetts to Seek Water Permitting Authority
Jun 17, 2016
… Those leading that fight include the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Conservation Law Foundation, New Hampshire Audubon, the Sierra Club, numerous municipal and regional planning authorities, and grass roots citizen organizations. Read more here…
Jun 17, 2016
… In 2008, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) filed a federal lawsuit that said pollution targets set in 2002 weren’t good enough. “We felt like it was insufficient for protecting the health of the lake,” says Conservation Law Foundation Staff Attorney Elena Mihaly. “The court found in our favor and there was a settlement agreement,and the… Continue reading EPA Finalizes Lake Champlain Pollution Targets With Increased Accountability Measures
Jun 16, 2016
… The Invenergy power plant is not needed in the short-term or medium-term or long-term,” said Jerry Elmer, Conservation Law Foundation’s senior attorney. He’s citing one witness testifying on behalf of CLF, which is participating in the review process underway with the state’s Energy Facility Siting Board. Read more here…
Jun 14, 2016
… The Boston-based Conservation Law Foundation filed an objection to the settlement over related concerns. Read more here…
Jun 07, 2016
… The city reached a tentative deal with the EPA and Conservation Law Foundation in March to extend the deadline for when it must complete a new wastewater treatment plant on Peirce Island. Read more here…
May 29, 2016
… Moving beyond electric energy efficiency, Vermonters now have an array of opportunities to install solar to meet electricity needs. Read more by CLF Senior Attorney Sandy Levine…
May 21, 2016
… whether or not Invenergy‘s proposed fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant gets built in their town has been reviewed by Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer, and his verdict is clear… Read more here…
May 19, 2016
… In another surprising victory for children suing the government over climate change, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last Friday found in favor of four youth plaintiffs against the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Read more here…
May 18, 2016
… The students were joined by the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance and lawyers from the Conservation Law Foundation. They argued that the state misinterpreted the Global Warming Solutions Act — a 2008 state law that requires a 25-percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and an 80-percent
reduction by 2050. Read more here…
