May 29, 2016
Clean Energy Powerhouse
… Moving beyond electric energy efficiency, Vermonters now have an array of opportunities to install solar to meet electricity needs. Read more by CLF Senior Attorney Sandy Levine…
Strategy: Building our Clean Energy Future
May 21, 2016
CLF’s Jerry Elmer: Keable Bill is ‘excellent’ for power plant opponents
… whether or not Invenergy‘s proposed fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant gets built in their town has been reviewed by Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer, and his verdict is clear… Read more here…
May 19, 2016
Children Win Another Climate Change Legal Case In Mass Supreme Court
… In another surprising victory for children suing the government over climate change, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last Friday found in favor of four youth plaintiffs against the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Read more here…
May 18, 2016
SJC sides with teens in global warming fight
… The students were joined by the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance and lawyers from the Conservation Law Foundation. They argued that the state misinterpreted the Global Warming Solutions Act — a 2008 state law that requires a 25-percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and an 80-percent reduction by 2050. Read more here…
May 17, 2016
Mass. High Court Says State Hasn’t Met Obligations On Greenhouse Gas Emissions
… In the case, the Conservation Law Foundation, the Massachusetts Energy Consumer Alliance and four teenage plaintiffs had argued that the state Department of Environmental Protection failed to enforce the 2008 law, which established a goal of reducing emissions by 25 percent by 2020. Read more here…
Apr 28, 2016
PUC Considering Proposals to Expand Natural Gas in Maine
… “The idea that increasing the supply in New England will drive down electricity prices is speculative, and worse than that it’s speculation on the backs of our electricity customers,” says Greg Cunningham, an energy analyst at the Conservation Law Foundation. … Read more here…
Feb 28, 2016
Building our Clean Energy Future
We’re pushing for clean, home-grown energy regionwide.
Feb 02, 2016
Kinder Morgan’s Pipe Dream is Economic Nightmare
In their CommonWealth magazine op-ed, Greg Cunningham and Rafael Mares explain why the Kinder Morgan pipeline would be a bad deal for consumers and the environment in Massachusetts.
Jan 25, 2016
Climate Change
Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time. Its impacts will be felt around the world, and we here in New England will not be immune.
Oct 08, 2015
Conservation Matters Fall 2015
Fighting for New England’s Future: CLF’s New President, Brad Campbell, Takes the Reins… Windward Progress: Offshore Wind in Rhode Island… Why I Give: Justin Boyan… Five Questions For: Dr. Sylvia Earle
