Conservation Law Foundation » summer http://www.clf.org For a thriving New England Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:02:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 TAKE ACTION: Defend the Beach! http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/take-action-defend-the-beach/ http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/take-action-defend-the-beach/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:24:51 +0000 Claire Morgenstern http://www.clf.org/?p=5410 With the record setting temperatures this past July, thousands of New Englanders decided to make their escape to the beach. Unfortunately, these relief-seekers were met with an unpleasant surprise: many found that their favorite spot was closed due to high pollution levels.

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With the record setting temperatures this past July, thousands of New Englanders decided to make their escape to the beach. Unfortunately, these relief-seekers were met with an unpleasant surprise: many found that their favorite spot was closed due to high pollution levels.

A place to escape is one of the numerous ways that New England’s ocean improves our quality of life: From fresh local seafood to over $60 billion a year of economic benefit in fishing and tourism to the promise of clean energy from offshore wind, our oceans provide us with ample bounty. However, this summer’s pollution problems are a stark reminder that we can’t take a healthy ocean for granted.

Today, we’re asking you to stand up for our oceans by standing up for the National Ocean Policy.

Thousands of miles away from New England, a freshman congressman from Texas is mounting a sneak attack on our ocean’s health. This congressman is threatening to cut funding for the National Ocean Policy – a policy designed to clean up our beaches and coastal waters, protect habitat for marine life, restore our fisheries and fishing industry, and promote responsible development of clean, renewable ocean energy.

Click here to urge your Representative in Congress to stop this sneak attack on our ocean.

Thankfully, Congress adjourned for the summer, but a vote could take place as soon as they return! So make sure your concerns are at the top of their list. Urge your reps to stand up for clean, healthy oceans and thriving coastal communities by supporting the National Ocean Policy today!


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]]> http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/take-action-defend-the-beach/feed/ 1 Announcing the Summer 2011 issue of Conservation Matters http://www.clf.org/blog/announcements/announcing-the-summer-2011-issue-of-conservation-matters/ http://www.clf.org/blog/announcements/announcing-the-summer-2011-issue-of-conservation-matters/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:06:55 +0000 Claire Morgenstern http://www.clf.org/?p=4826 If you needed one more indication that summer in New England has arrived, we have one- the arrival of our Summer 2011 edition of Conservation Matters, CLF's quarterly newsletter!

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]]> If you needed one more indication that summer in New England has arrived, we have one – the arrival of our Summer 2011 edition of Conservation Matters, CLF’s quarterly newsletter! This issue features one of our favorite parts of a summer outdoors- water. So, grab a spot in the shade (or on the beach) and crack open the latest issue of CM.

Here’s what’s in store for you:

  • Read about how CLF is leading the charge for a cohesive, coordinated approach to ocean management planning that balances the need to protect fragile ocean creatures and habitats while maximizing the ocean’s economic development potential, such as offshore wind development;
  • Catch up on how CLF has finally gotten MassHighway to curb toxic stormwater runoff from its roads that was contributing to hazardous water pollution problems in nearby waterways;
  • Learn how CLF New Hampshire Advocates Society member Honor Passow and her husband and sons carry on the family tradition of environmental conservation
  • Meet CLF Maine Staff Attorney Jane West and find out why she traded her Florida air-conditioning for the changing seasons and unspoiled landscapes of New England – and how CLF Maine is tackling the state’s biggest environmental challenges.
  • Hear from CLF President John Kassel on why New England’s oceans, and the folks who look forward to who enjoying them every summer  – are worth protecting.

Download the latest issue of Conservation Matters now!

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]]> http://www.clf.org/blog/announcements/announcing-the-summer-2011-issue-of-conservation-matters/feed/ 0 CLF Welcomes Summer 2010 Interns http://www.clf.org/blog/announcements/clf-welcomes-summer-2010-interns/ http://www.clf.org/blog/announcements/clf-welcomes-summer-2010-interns/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:03:44 +0000 Conservation Law Foundation http://www.clf.org/?p=1097 CLF welcomes its brand new group of 2010 summer interns. CLF’s summer internship program gives undergraduate and graduate students a unique real-world experience in the world of environmental law, as well as communications, development and other aspects of daily operations here at CLF. Some may even be posting to this very blog! They are: Massachusetts Stephanie Bair, Cavers Legal Intern, Harvard Law School Tiffany Egbuono, Posse Scholar (Advocacy/Development), Undergrad Bryn Mawr College Anthony Mathieu, Posse Scholar (Oceans), Undergrad Hamilton College Megan Hodson, Cavers Legal Intern, U Baltimore School of Law Zachary Moor, Cavers Legal Intern, Boston University Caitlin Peale, Cavers Legal Intern, Columbia U Law School Emily Migliaccio, Ocean Intern, Boston College Maine Caitlin Casey, Intern, Undergrad Colby College Becky Lipson, Cavers Legal Intern, U Michigan Law School Michael Knapp, read more...

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]]> CLF welcomes its brand new group of 2010 summer interns. CLF’s summer internship program gives undergraduate and graduate students a unique real-world experience in the world of environmental law, as well as communications, development and other aspects of daily operations here at CLF. Some may even be posting to this very blog! They are:

Massachusetts
Stephanie Bair, Cavers Legal Intern, Harvard Law School
Tiffany Egbuono, Posse Scholar (Advocacy/Development), Undergrad Bryn Mawr College
Anthony Mathieu, Posse Scholar (Oceans), Undergrad Hamilton College
Megan Hodson, Cavers Legal Intern, U Baltimore School of Law
Zachary Moor, Cavers Legal Intern, Boston University
Caitlin Peale, Cavers Legal Intern, Columbia U Law School
Emily Migliaccio, Ocean Intern, Boston College

Maine
Caitlin Casey, Intern, Undergrad Colby College
Becky Lipson, Cavers Legal Intern, U Michigan Law School
Michael Knapp, Cavers Legal Intern, U Maine Law School
Lauren Parker, Intern, U Maine Law School

New Hampshire
Alan Panebaker, Cavers Legal Intern, Vermont Law School
Robert Barry, Cavers Legal Intern, Northeastern University

Rhode Island
Jenna Algee, Cavers Legal Intern, Roger Williams School of Law

Vermont
Nate Hausman, Cavers Legal Intern, Lewis & Clark Law School
Haley Peterson, Volunteer, Hamilton College
Susan Law, Cavers Legal Intern, Western New England College School of Law

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