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Mike Naughton
tel: 617.850.1709
press@clf.org

CLF has experts available throughout New England on a variety of local, regional, and national issues, including climate change, clean water, environmental justice, ocean conservation, and renewable energy.

CLF Press Releases and News Clips

June 28, 2024
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Supreme Court Rules in Chevron Doctrine Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned 40 years of precedent and practice comprising the “Chevron doctrine,” under which federal courts defer to an agency’s interpretation of ambiguous legal terms when...
view of facade of Supreme Court building
June 21, 2024
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Maine Seeks to Dismiss Climate Change Lawsuit 
Maine has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Conservation Law Foundation, Maine Youth Action, and Sierra Club that would force the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to...
June 6, 2024
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CLF Urges Protection of Morley Field 
This situation underscores the urgent need for an Environmental Justice Act in Rhode Island to ensure that marginalized communities have equitable access to green spaces and are protected from environmentally...
Rhode Island's state house
June 4, 2024
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Federal Agencies Release a Management Plan for New England’s Marine National Monument
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts deserves strong protections against growing threats
June 4, 2024
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Cape Cod Town Fails to Address Toxic Wastewater Pollution
CLF urges Massachusetts to deny Barnstable’s inadequate application to clean up pollution in waters
Aerial view of algae mats in Prince Cove (north of North Bay) in Marston Mills, Massachusetts.
May 31, 2024
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Climate Superfund Law Enacted
May 30, 2024 (Montpelier, VT) - Legislation authorizing the State of Vermont to recoup financial damages caused by climate change from major fossil fuel companies became law today when Governor...
An aerial view of Waterbury, Vermont's flooding during the intense rainstorm of Summer 2023. Houses are submerged up to their doorsteps.
May 16, 2024
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Federal Agency to Overhaul Electric Grid Planning 
Grid improvements will create cheaper and more reliable electricity
A bottom-up view of transmission poles and wires against a cloudy, but sunny, sky
May 9, 2024
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Harmful Pollution from Chelsea Creek Oil Storage Facilities Puts Communities at Risk
CLF is suing Global Partners to protect Chelsea Creek and surrounding communities from pollution.
Global Partners oil terminals
April 30, 2024
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Federal Government Releases Offshore Wind Sales in the Gulf of Maine 
CLF Calls Move a Significant Step in Offshore Wind Development.
Wind turbine on the water
April 25, 2024
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States Challenge New, Stricter Federal Tailpipe Pollution Rules 
CLF and partners to intervene and defend rules.
a close up of a silver car's tailpipe. the car is driving on a road with other cars, blurred in the background. The tailpipe has grey fumes and smoke coming out of it, concealing most of the background.
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