May 17, 2016
… Environmentalists take on ExxonMobil in Massachusetts, beginning litigation charging the petroleum giant with intentionally hiding what they’ve known about the science of climate change for years and years. Conservation Law Foundation President Bradley Campbell (@bradleycampbell) and Mystic River Watershed Association President EK Khalsa are fighting to prove ExxonMobil has knowingly operated their Everett, MA facility in a manner which contradicts safe and proper environmental practices,… Continue reading Local Environmentalists Vs. ExxonMobil
May 17, 2016
… The state’s highest court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling and sided with environmental groups that sued Massachusetts for failing to adopt strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Lawyers for the Conservation Law Foundation, the Massachusetts Energy Consumer Alliance and four Boston and Wellesley teenagers had asked the courts to rule that the state hasn’t… Continue reading Court: Massachusetts Failed to Adopt Greenhouse Gas Limits
May 17, 2016
… The Conservation Law Foundation is preparing a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp., one of the world’s largest companies, because of pollutants that the environmental group claims are leaking out of the company’s Everett terminal. The Boston-based organization took the legal step of serving notice on the Texas-based energy giant Tuesday that it will sue… Continue reading Conservation Law Foundation plans lawsuit against Exxon Mobil over Everett terminal
May 17, 2016
… An environmental group with ties to a broad coalition against Exxon Mobil Corp.announced Tuesday that it plans to sue the company for “climate deceit,” the latest effort to use the legal system to punish dissenters of climate change. Read more here…
May 10, 2016
… But there aren’t any such protections in the Atlantic, and groups such as the Conservation Law Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the National Resources Defense Council, are campaigning for protection. Read more here…
May 10, 2016
BOSTON – The requirement to extend the MBTA’s Green Line was part of a deal with the federal government years ago to encourage greater use of public transit as part of the Big Dig highway project. Conservation Law Foundation was involved in that push. Foundation Director of Environmental Justice Rafael Mares joined Morning Edition to discuss how… Continue reading Conservation Law Foundation Director Insists Law Requires GLX To Go Further
May 05, 2016
…“This issue is at the core of whether New England continues to decarbonize its energy platform or lock into fossil fuels for another generation,” said Bradley Campbell, Conservation Law Foundation’s president. “The last thing the government should be doing is providing a subsidy to natural gas pipelines, especially when that subsidy is against the interests of families and businesses paying their electricity bills.”
May 02, 2016
… ”But Rafael Mares, a lawyer at the Conservation Law Foundation, pointed out that although the MBTA capital plan includes money for new trolleys on the proposed Green Line extension, it doesn’t set aside any funding to replace the creaky, Reagan-era trolleys on the rest of the Green Line. “Ultimately, there isn’t going to be… Continue reading Report states obvious: Green Line is plagued with problems
Apr 28, 2016
… “The idea that increasing the supply in New England will drive down electricity prices is speculative, and worse than that it’s speculation on the backs of our electricity customers,” says Greg Cunningham, an energy analyst at the Conservation Law Foundation. … Read more here…
Apr 27, 2016
… “It’s out of love. I care deeply about public transportation. And I care deeply about the MBTA and all the regional transit authorities,” said Rafael Mares, a vice president at the Conservation Law Foundation. “The criticisms are meant not about having less of it but about more of it. … It means a lot to… Continue reading It’s complicated: Boston’s love-hate relationship with the MBTA