A “Green” Facelift for The Big Apple’s Waterfront

Mar 16, 2011 at 2:30pm by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

Yesterday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the City’s 10-year Waterfront Vision and Action Agenda. read more..

CLF Defends Amendment 16 Process at Fisheries Hearing in Boston

Mar 15, 2011 at 6:32pm by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

In arguments made today before Federal Judge Rya W. Zobel on the federal lawsuit regarding the New England fisheries management system known as Amendment 16, Conservation Law Foundation senior counsel Peter Shelley defended the process in which the new rules were developed and agreed upon at the New England Fishery Management Council and re-affirmed CLF’s support for the Amendment. read more..

Huge turnout at first Northern Pass public meeting

Mar 15, 2011 at 3:03pm by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

As reported in the Concord Monitor and the Manchester Union-Leader and on WMUR, the public was out in force last night at the first of seven public scoping meetings kicking off the Department of Energy's (DOE's) environmental review of the Northern Pass project. read more..

Public Meetings for Northern Pass Environmental Review – This Week!

Mar 14, 2011 at 11:49am by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

This week, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) is conducting seven "public scoping meetings" in different communities in New Hampshire as part of the scoping process for the Northern Pass Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). read more..

Nuclear Power – Japan and Vermont

Mar 14, 2011 at 9:03am by  | Bio |  1 Comment »

The tragedy in Japan brings some very real risks of nuclear power into focus. The "GE Mark I Boiling Water Reactors" in Japan are the same type as the ones used at Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim in Plymouth, MA. read more..

Score your neighborhood. What is your Walk Score?

Mar 11, 2011 at 9:34am by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

The good folks at Walk Score have been doing everyone a real service by analyzing neighborhoods on the basis of walkability. read more..

Standard of Review for Utility Mergers gets Upgrade in MA

Mar 10, 2011 at 6:47pm by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

An important development today in the Northeast Utilities/NStar merger proceeding: the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (MA DPU) announced that it will modernize the standard of review for utility mergers, including requiring that climate change impacts be taken into account. read more..

CLF Defends its Standing in Deepwater Wind Case

Mar 10, 2011 at 1:42pm by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

In response to a February 21 order by the Rhode Island Supreme Court, the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) today filed a brief defending its legal standing in the Deepwater Wind case and issued the following statement: read more..

Regime Change in Maine?

Mar 8, 2011 at 2:37pm by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

A well-entrenched leader who spent decades in power of a wealthy quasi-government agency just resigned amid a public outcry over extravagant spending. read more..

Under Pressure, Northern Pass Drops Normandeau Associates

Mar 7, 2011 at 1:58pm by  | Bio |  Leave a Comment

CLF and all stakeholders concerned about the fairness and objectivity of the environmental review process for the proposed Northern Pass electric transmission project scored an important victory today. read more..
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