Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.
For a thriving New England
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Clean Energy and Climate Change Program
The Clean Energy and Climate Change Program focuses on improving air quality, combating global climate change, promoting and siting renewable energy sources, and advocating for energy efficiency. The Clean Energy and Climate Change Program is pushing for policies that boost low-cost locally-made clean energy, stopping unnecessary new natural gas pipelines, making sure new gas power plants don’t sink our region’s climate goals, and fighting to shut down New England’s remaining dirty coal plants that harm our health and pollute our climate.
Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice Program
The Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice Program focuses on transit-oriented development, environmentally sound land use practices, transportation reform, and farm and food policy advocacy and services, with an emphasis on the needs of underserved populations. The Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice Program is working to end the unfair environmental burdens imposed on low-income and communities of color; cutting pollution from our vehicles and creating alternatives to driving; pushing for better and more affordable public transit options across New England; and helping build a regional food system that supports access to fresh healthy food, creates jobs, cuts emissions, protects farmland, and grows our local economy.
Ocean Conservation Program
The Ocean Conservation Program focuses on sustainable fisheries management and marine environmental protection. CLF’s advocates are pushing for permanent protection of our ocean’s most at-risk places, working with stakeholders throughout New England to achieve the right balance between ocean protection and development, and fighting to restore New England’s legendary fish populations before they vanish for good. This program works to protect endangered wildlife and underwater habitat in New England’s ocean waters, and to build a more sustainable future for our fisheries and coastal communities.
Clean Air and Water Program
The Clean Air and Water Program focuses on air and waterway protection. Our advocates are fighting for new protections and creative solutions to keep stormwater pollution from wreaking havoc on our communities, working at both the state and individual waterbody level to control nitrogen pollution that causes dead zones and toxic algal blooms. We are holding polluting businesses accountable to the Clean Water and Clean Air acts, one polluter at a time.
Where we work
Accreditations
Charity Navigator - 4 Star Rating (2013) 2016
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 11/13/2019
Ms. Sara Molyneaux
Community Volunteer
Term: 2012 -
Eugene Clapp
Penobscot Investment Management Co., Inc.
Thaleia Schlesinger
Schlesinger & Associates
David Ellis
Retired
Gordon Hall
The Hall Company, Inc.
Sara Molyneaux
Community Volunteer
Peter Nessen
Nessen and Associates, Ltd.
M. Robin Barone
Vermont Law School
Douglas Foy
Serrafix Corporation
Daniel Amory
Drummond Woodsum
Whitney Hatch
The Trust for Public Land
Sharon Malt
Ropes & Gray, LLP
John Goodhue
MA Green High Performance Computing Center
EkOngKar Singh "EK" Khalsa
Amah Mutsun Land Trust
Kate Kilguss
Community Volunteer
Paul Lee
Goodwin Procter LLP
Travis McCready
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
Stuart Smith
Community Volunteer
John Teal
Community Volunteer
Bradley Campbell
Conservation Law Foundation
Alice Chamberlin
Community Volunteer
Andy Falender
Retired
Thea James
Community Volunteer
Lois Schiffer
Community Volunteer
Michael Moskow
Community Volunteer
Christopher Klem
Retired
Loretta Mickley
Harvard Univeristy
Board leadership practices
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes