Conservation Matters articles

Recent articles from Conservation Matters

CLF welcomes president John Kassel.(Conservation Law Foundation)
March 22, 2009... When John Kassel relocates this summer to Massachusetts from Vermont--his home for the past 30 years--he'll be embarking on a new journey as a leader for New England's environment. Kassel, an attorney and longtime environmentalist, is the Conservation Law Foundation's new president. As...

To all friends of CLF.(Conservation Law Foundation of New England)
March 22, 2009... IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE joining the talented and dedicated people of CLF in their indispensible work on behalf of our region and our planet. I am excited to take the helm of this dynamic organization. We have the tools and the talent to help create the New England that we...

CLF's clean water healthy forest program honored.(Conservation Law Foundation)(Brief article)
March 22, 2009... EPA New England has honored the Long Creek Restoration Project Team--of which CLF is a partner--for its outstanding contributions on behalf of Maine's Long Creek, an urban stream in the Greater Portland area. The partnership--comprising representatives from local municipalities, industrial,...

Cynthia Giles nominated for key EPA position.(Around the States)(United States Environmental Protection Agency)
March 22, 2009... Last March, in pivotal news for both CLF and national environmental policy, the Obama administration announced the nomination of CLF Rhode Island Advocacy Center Director Cynthia Giles for a key position within the Environmental Protection Agency. Giles has been nominated for the position of...

We've got the green light.(global warming control)(Viewpoint essay)
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When it comes to fighting global warming, these are--to use a tired but accurate phrase--the best of times and the worst of times. They are the worst of times because the increasingly clear and terrifying science tells us that we have started to pass the point...