CLF Director of Clean Energy and Climate Change N. Jonathan Peress appeared on an NHPR segment yesterday to discuss the possibility of state energy utility PSNH increasing the price of power for its consumers. He argued that the proposed price increases are the result of PSNH's struggle to cover increasing costs of their aging facilities. read more..

When the Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan came out on December 29, laying out roughly 40 policies to get the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, the proposal to test a fledgling concept called Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) (See page 61) auto insurance emerged as the plan’s poster child. read more..

It was thrilling to attend the meeting of the RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) last night, where the Council voted unanimously to reject the application of Champlin's Marina to expand by several hundred feet into the Great Salt Pond of Block Island. The vote probably brings to a final conclusion a lawsuit that CLF has been fighting for the last seven years in the CRMC, in the Superior Court, and in the R.I. Supreme Court. read more..

It's difficult to imagine a day like today in Boston without the aid of salt to make our roads safe to use. read more..

The Vermont Public Service Board began hearings this week on what to do about the leaks at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power facility in southern Vermont. CLF is asking the Board to shut down the plant until all the leaks are repaired and the site is cleaned up. read more..

The Maine Alliance for Sustainable Transportation (MAST), a statewide coalition of which CLF is a member, has submitted a proposal to increase commuter transit options, reduce household expenditures on gasoline and diesel, increase employment opportunities and productivity and reduce government expenditures by expanding the routes of the highly-successful ZOOM Turnpike Express bus services along the Maine Turnpike corridor. The program would also establish a fund for the improved maintenance of Maine’s roadways. read more..

Let’s say you are a state agency tasked with making a tough choice on how to spend your money. Your options are: a. Spend $150 million on widening 9 miles of highway despite the fact that volume has waned; b. Spend $56 million on building another toll booth; c. Spend $3.8 million on expanding an existing, highly successful bus service that will benefit thousands of commuters. read more..

Leslie Harroun, a longtime supporter and friend of CLF, has entered a "Blog Your Way to the North Pole" contest offered by Quark Expeditions of Vermont. Check out her eloquent statement and vote for her, if the spirit moves you (and I hope it does). read more..

CLF Senior Counsel Peter Shelley spoke to Boston's ABC affiliate WCVB-TV in response to Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke's decision on Friday to reject Governor Patrick's request to increase catch limits, citing the lack of scientific and economic evidence indicating that such an increase was necessary. read more..

Today, Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke made the decision to reject Governor Patrick’s request for emergency action to increase catch limits for Massachusetts fishermen. read more..