Christopher Kilian
Vice President of Strategic Litigation | CLF Vermont | @ChrisKilianVT | He/Him
Christopher Kilian is Vice President of Strategic Litigation. Prior to his work at CLF, Chris spent eight years with the Vermont Natural Resources Council. In 1998, Chris received the Charlie Shaw Conservation Partnership Award from the National Wildlife Federation. He received his BA in Political Science from the University of Rochester and his law degree and Masters in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School, cum laude. Chris’ admissions include: State of Vermont, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Federal District Court for the District of Vermont.
Recent Posts
Dec 10 2018
A battle underway in Barnstable could have severe repercussions for the health of Cape Cod’s waters. On one side are those who are determined to build more and more “McMansions” in the mid-Cape community, no matter the cost to the environment. On the other, residents who recognize that, if the bays are destroyed, then the…
May 31 2018
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has his sights set on unraveling the Clean Water Act, one of our best tools for protecting our lakes, rivers, and oceans. In February, Pruitt opened a public comment period on the Clean Water Act, a thinly veiled attempt to defang the law and please his industry allies. CLF is working…
Apr 12 2018
No one would consider swimming, sailing, or fishing in a sewer, but that, in effect, is the choice facing people seeking to use polluted bays around Cape Cod. The Cape’s septic systems cause 85 percent of the nitrogen pollution plaguing our waterways. Every time a toilet flushes into a septic tank, our clean bays, our…
Nov 6 2017
When I was six years old, my dad took me to one of his favorite childhood fishing spots, a trout stream not far from our upstate New York home. When we arrived, however, we didn’t find waters rich with trout, but the stream running bright red – like a river of blood. The river had become…
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