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Trying to Cure the Blue-Green Algae Blues
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the “discovery” of Lake Champlain by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain. Of course the Lake’s been there for more than 400 years and de Champlain was...
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Make the water cleaner before the mosquitoes get meaner!
Warning: Bigger, faster, and more abundant mosquitoes may be breeding in a river or stream near you. A new scientific study presented at this month’s meeting of the Ecological Society of America...
View ArticleA clean water champion and CLF member gets his due
There is nothing more gratifying for CLF advocates than to be able to work with our members in translating big-picture policy goals down to the local level. Over the last couple of years, I had that...
View ArticleClean Water Restoration Act Will Restore EPA’s Authority to Enforce Clean...
Yesterday’s Boston Globe editorial in response to Monday’s New York Times article on the Clean Water Act makes the point that Massachusetts is in a unique position because the state’s waterways are...
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Courting Cleaner Water
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’ announcement that he will retire from the United States Supreme Court will bring some much needed attention to the larger issue of judicial nominations...
View ArticleA Buried Problem, Bursting to be Solved
Out of sight, out of mind—until of course, 2 million people are left wondering why they don’t have clean drinking water. This weekend’s Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) water main break,...
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Cleaner water could help you beat the heat!
There’s nothing like a major summer heat wave to help you appreciate the value of rivers, lakes, and ponds that are safe for swimming. Like the massive herds of animals that you see on nature shows...
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A tale of two lakes
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” That opening line from Dickens’ classic A Tale of Two Cities ran through my head last week as I had two very different experiences of Lake...
View ArticleUnited States Joins CLF Lawsuit Against Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Today, the U.S. EPA announced that it will join CLF’s lawsuit against the Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) for violations of the Clean Water Act. The suit, filled by CLF in U.S. District Court...
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EPA Takes Action to End Toxic Pollution of NH’s Piscataqua River
A pile of scrap metal and debris at the Grimmel Industries facility in Portsmouth, NH. Toxic stormwater discharges from the site have long been polluting the Piscataqua River. (Photo credit: CLF) At...
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CLF Calls for ME Attorney General to Determine Eligibility of DEP...
ME DEP Commissioner Darryl Brown (Photo credit: maine.gov) CLF is once again calling for increased transparency from the LePage Administration, this time with regard to whether or not Darryl Brown, who...
View ArticleME Attorney General Denies Request to Issue Opinion on Commisioner Brown
At the end of the day Wednesday, Attorney General William Schneider sent a response to the Emily Cain, Democratic minority leader, declining her request that the Attorney General prepare an opinion...
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MassHighway finally starts to clean up its act—and our waterways
On April 14 U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young issued a final judgment in CLF’s favor in our suit against the MassHighway Department, bringing to a close nearly five years of litigation to...
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Following Concerns Raised by CLF, Maine DEP Commissioner Darryl Brown Resigns
After weeks of debate regarding Darryl Brown’s eligibility to serve as the commissioner of Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection, on April 27 Attorney General William Schneider issued a letter...
View ArticleCLF, VPIRG support Vermont, oppose Entergy request to keep Vermont Yankee going
As the battle over Vermont Yankee’s future is waged, Conservation Law Foundation and VPIRG seek to join as a friend of the court, or amicus for this first stage. CLF will use the expertise gained in...
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Clean Water: It’s your call (or click)!
Last night, I sought refuge from the oppressive heat by taking a long swim in the cool, clean water of our local lake. Families and young children packed the shallows where they found relief from...
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One town’s solution to cost of proposed stormwater regulations- CLF’s Cynthia...
Cynthia Liebman is a staff attorney at CLF Massachusetts. (Photo credit: Leslie Boudreau) The most expensive stormwater runoff problem to fix is the one that’s not addressed. That’s the first point CLF...
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Shark Week Series: Risk and Fear
This is the fifth and last post in our Shark Week Series. Happy Shark Week, everyone! Many rational people are very afraid of sharks. We can tell ourselves that the odds of attack are extremely low,...
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CLF Welcomes Zak Griefen in Newly Created Role of Environmental Enforcement...
Zak Griefen CLF is pleased to welcome Zak Griefen, a Vermont native and former litigator for Cheney, Brock and Saudek, in the newly created role of environmental enforcement litigator. Based in CLF’s...
View ArticleProposed Upper Blackstone Delays: Unnecessary & Damaging
On November 15, 2011, CLF led a coalition of 14 other environmental groups in sending a letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency that called for swift implementation of permit...
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