Conservation Law Foundation

Conservation Group Asks Feds to Halt Atlantic Cod Fishing
Conservation Group Asks Feds to Halt Atlantic Cod Fishing
Conservation Group Asks Feds to Halt Atlantic Cod Fishing
A non-profit environmental law firm last week asked the federal government to place unprecedented limits upon Atlantic cod fishing in the Northeast, saying that the stocks have "commercially collapsed due to persistent mismanagement." The Conservation Law Foundation took sharp aim at the 18-member New England Fisheries Management Council, saying the fisheries managers have failed to prot
Environmentalist On Monument
Environmentalist On Monument
Environmentalist On Monument
President Barack Obama's announcement that 5,000 square miles of ocean off of the Massachusetts coast is being declared a marine monument was met with anger by many in the fishing industry.
Environment Report
Environment Report
Environment Report
A new report released by the Conservation Law Foundation entitled "New Bedford, Massachusetts Environmental Justice in the Twenty-First Century" focused on some environmental concerns that continue to impact the City of New Bedford.
Report On Contamination Sites
Report On Contamination Sites
Report On Contamination Sites
The author of a new report on contamination sites in New Bedford hopes the document will be used to bring different factions together to resolve those issues. The draft report, done by Conservation Law Foundation Vice-President Veronica Eady, was discussed Saturday at the Downtown Library in New Bedford...
Closing By 2017
Closing By 2017
Closing By 2017
A Southeastern Massachusetts power plant recently cited by Federal regulators as one of the state's heaviest polluters is planning to shut down.