As we head into the final weeks of 2016, we face a very different world than we did at this same time last year. On the one hand, we have just come through an election marked by rancor and division, racism and anger. A climate denier and Big Oil lobbyist is leading the EPA through…
Dec 8
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Nov 30
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Conservation Matters Fall 2016
Celebrating 50 Years of CLF Going Low-Carb Transforming New England’s Energy System Coal-Free New England Community Voices: The Clean Energy Landscape Web of Deceit Holding ExxonMobil Accountable for Its Decades of Climate Denial Community Voices: A Message to ExxonMobil A Tale of Two Rivers Boston Harbor 2.0 The New Frontier in the Fight to Save…
Nov 15
2016
2016
Getting Ready for the Battles Ahead: A Message from CLF President Brad Campbell
I want personally to reach out to our supporters to talk about the election and its impact on our work here at CLF. For us and I am sure for you, Donald Trump’s victory was a stunning and disturbing end to a disheartening election – disheartening because our priorities as an organization and our values…
Sep 30
2016
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Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund Invests $5 Million in Transit Oriented Development
CLF president Bradley Campbell said, “Today, we saw the completion of a project three years in the making — a project that has transformed vacant property into a true center of housing and commerce. From good jobs, to new pedestrian walkways, to better access to public transit and more, this development will electrify the neighborhood and provide a perceptible spark to Braintree’s economy and community.”
Aug 15
2016
2016
Maine Voices: PUC, LePage Spurn Consumers While Granting Gas Industry’s Pipe Dream
… What has happened to the Maine Public Utilities Commission? It used to be a respite from politics, relying on a strong staff, expert opinion and transparent analysis to guide Maine’s energy policy. But recent decisions show that our current PUC has little regard for its staff or the opinions of the expert consultants it…
Aug 10
2016
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Environmental Group Takes On Proposed Seaport Tower
… But the Conservation Law Foundation represents a formidable foe, given its platoon of attorneys and the ease in which it can engage in a legal war. “This is a sweetheart deal for one developer,” said Bradley Campbell, the organization’s president. “We think this is a very dangerous precedent. . . . If this project…
Jul 27
2016
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Cap on T Fare Hikes is Lowered
… Advocates for more public transportation cheered the governor’s approval of the Legislature’s language. “There’s been a lot of confusion over many years about how fares can go up, and this will give us clarity,” said Rafael Mares, a vice president of the Conservation Law Foundation. “This is such an important change that it would…
Jul 19
2016
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Maine Regulators Approve Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion, Rejecting Staff Recommendation
… That’s because the Conservation Law Foundation has argued that the state doesn’t have legislation authorizing one. “If Massachusetts cannot move forward than that presents a substantial obstacle to Maine actually going forward with the contract because they constitute a significant portion of the load in the region,” Tettlebaum says. Read more here…
Jul 7
2016
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Video: Historic Decision Could Mean the End of Coal in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission recently reached an historic settlement that requires Eversource to sell all of its power plants in the state. This will force its old and inefficient coal-fired plants – including Merrimack Station in Bow – to compete on an open market against more economically and environmentally friendly sources of energy, like solar and wind. CLF…