Last week, the highest court in Massachusetts unanimously ruled that power generators must drastically cut their carbon pollution year after year through 2050. In doing so, the high court recognized the incontrovertible fact that carbon pollution damages our climate, threatens our health, and hurts our economy. It was the second time the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial…
Sep 11
2018
2018
Jun 20
2018
2018
Clashing Over Carbon
In 2014, the Commonwealth’s groundbreaking climate change law, the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), was gathering dust as the State missed key deadlines for putting in place required regulations to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. CLF decided to fight for full implementation.
Jan 18
2017
2017
CLF Defeats Gas Pipeline Proposal in Rhode Island PUC
Late in the afternoon on Friday, January 13, just before the start of the long MLK holiday weekend, National Grid quietly filed a letter with the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) asking the PUC to close Docket # 4627. This is the Docket that would have allowed National Grid to contract for a portion…
Aug 29
2016
2016
Lessons for Big Gas from Maine’s Last Proposed LNG Terminal
With very little fanfare, the last proposal for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Maine was just dismissed by federal regulators. At least half a dozen LNG terminal projects have been proposed in Downeast Maine over the last 15 years, with this last one in play, or better yet, suspended animation, for the last…
Aug 17
2016
2016
Massachusetts’ Highest Court Rejects Public Subsidies for Fossil Fuels
“This is an incredibly important and timely decision,” said David Ismay, CLF’s lead attorney on the case. “Today our highest court affirmed Massachusetts’ commitment to an open energy future by rejecting the Baker Administration’s attempt to subsidize the dying fossil fuel industry. The course of our economy and our energy markets runs counter to the will of multi-billion dollar pipeline companies, and, thanks to today’s decision, the government will no longer be able to unfairly and unlawfully tip the scales.”
May 6
2016
2016
Taking Big Gas to Court
Yesterday, CLF appeared before Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court in a case that could dramatically impact our climate future in the Commonwealth and across New England. At the heart of the case is whether the state’s Department of Public Utilities can force businesses and families to finance multi-million-dollar investments in new natural gas pipelines and other…
Aug 31
2010
2010
Cape Wind’s movin’ on up! CLF applauds MA court’s decision to uphold permit
Today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided to uphold the comprehensive permit for Cape Wind’s transmission lines issued by the state’s Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB)–a welcome and much-anticipated milestone for the nation’s first major offshore wind energy project. CLF has been actively involved in moving the ball forward on Cape Wind throughout its nine-year…