Mar 11, 2019
Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper®
Pollution is harming Great Bay’s health and habitats.
Strategy: Polluted Runoff
Mar 02, 2019
Cape Cod Water Pollution
Nitrogen pollution is driving Cape Cod’s waters to the brink of ecological disaster.
Feb 27, 2019
Conservation Matters Winter 2019
From climate to transit, from your tap water to the ocean, and from Maine to Connecticut, CLF and New England are poised to make progress where governments falter. Turn Off the Gas Winter Snow and Ice Bring Out Big Gas’s Fearmongers. Why is the Region’s Electric Grid Operator among Them? Progress Report Clear Skies Ahead… Continue reading Conservation Matters Winter 2019
Feb 13, 2019
Lake Champlain Lakekeeper®
The Lakekeeper is helping to protect our iconic lake.
Feb 02, 2019
Defending the Charles River
Stormwater pollution is a major threat to the Charles River. CLF and the Charles River Watershed Association are pressuring the EPA to hold polluters accountable.
Jan 17, 2019
Questions Linger About Mass. Pike Rebuild Design Concept
“The state is only allowed to use this land if they minimize all negative impacts to the land,” said Schluntz, of the Conversation Law Foundation, about the land along the Charles River.
Jan 14, 2019
Pease Agrees To Address Contaminated Stormwater Runoff In Settlement
CLF says the new settlement is the first of its kind to require a redeveloped base to get a federal sewer permit, or to mandate pilot treatment technologies for PFAS.
Jan 13, 2019
Judge rejects Wychmere Beach Club’s motion to dismiss suit
The Boston-based environmental law firm contends this unimpeded flow of nutrients into these water bodies must be regulated under the Clean Water Act, which imposes much higher standards of pollution control than the state permit. Nutrients such as nitrogen spur rapid algal growth, destroying pond and bay ecosytems, rendering them unfit for swimming, fishing or marine life.
Jan 11, 2019
CLF Reaches Historic Agreement to Protect Great Bay from Stormwater Pollution
“This historic agreement ensures that the Pease Development Authority will be playing by the same rules as communities throughout the Seacoast and will comply with the Clean Water Act. The health and safety of our waters is essential to our communities and our economy. No one has a right to pollute them.”
Jan 11, 2019
PDA and CLF settle Clean Water lawsuit
“Stormwater pollution is one of the greatest threats to the health of Great Bay,” said Tom Irwin, vice president and director of CLF New Hampshire. “This historic agreement ensures that the Pease Development Authority will be playing by the same rules as communities throughout the Seacoast and will comply with the Clean Water Act. The health and safety of our waters is essential to our communities and our economy. No one has a right to pollute them.”