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Intervention Granted on Essroc Cement Corp. v. Clark County Board of Zoning Appeals

The Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice and Conservation Law Center, has been granted intervention in a trial court proceeding in which the right to burn...

What the Appelate Court’s Ruling Means for The Public Trust

On December 7th, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline is held in trust for the public up to the ordinary...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

A Win for the Public Trust

The Public Trust Doctrine grants access to use the land between the low and high water marks of Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline.

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Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Clear-Cut Victory for White River Corridor

Thanks to the efforts of the Friends of White River (FOWR), the banks along a stretch of riparian corridor in Warfleigh and Broad Ripple will...

Categories: Friends of White River, News
Issues: Land, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Saves 22% of Trees from Extensive Clearing on the White River in Settlement

For a good portion of the year, CLC has been representing Friends of the White River in a Tree Clearing Settlement Agreement with the US...

Categories: Blog, Friends of White River
Issues: Land, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Saves 22% of Trees from Extensive Clearing on the White River in Settlement

Friends of the White River v. State of Indiana DNR...

Categories: Clean Water Indiana, Friends of White River
Issues: Land, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

A Win for the Indiana Bat: D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Requires Analysis of Greater Protections for Endangered Species Impacted By Wind Energy Development

In an important decision, the court has ruled for the bats, setting a precedent which will mean more careful consideration of the environmental impacts of...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Urges Greater Protections for Birds and Bats From Wind Turbines in the Midwest

The CLC is continuing its efforts to promote responsible wind energy development. Wind turbines can kill many birds and bats, including federally protected species, and...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Urges Federal Government to Hold Coal Companies Responsible for Clean-Up Costs in Future

Peter Murrey and the CLC recently submitted comments on behalf of the Hoosier Environmental Council encouraging stricter oversight of bankrupt coal companies. We urged the...

Categories: Blog, Coal Mining
Issues: Land
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC’s comments on FWS mitigation policy aim to better protect species and habitats

Peter Murrey, Jeff Hyman, and CLC submitted comments on the new Fish and Wildlife Service mitigation policy, urging for more accountability and better protections for...

Categories: Blog, FWS Mitigation
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

Indiana Court Recognizes Public Right to Walk and Sunbathe on Lake Michigan Shore

This July, La Porte County Judge Richard R. Stalbrink ruled that Indiana holds the state’s Lake Michigan shore in trust for public uses, including swimming,...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Protecting the Endangered Indiana Bat

We are arguing in court that the endangered Indiana bat deserves more protection than it is getting in the process for approving wind energy installations....

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

Good News on the Lake Michigan Shore

The Center has been representing the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes in a lawsuit in which certain owners of lakeside property...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC prevails in Endangered Species Act lawsuit against US Fish and Wildlife permitting of wind farms harming Indiana bats

Union Neighbors United, Inc. v. Sally Jewell...

Categories: Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Defending Public Rights to Lake Michigan Shore

CLC is representing the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes in litigation over the application of the public trust and the boundary...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Files Friend of Court Brief for American Bird Conservancy

On behalf of the American Bird Conservancy, the Conservation Law Center filed an amicus curiae — a friend of the court — brief in a...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Comments on the Draft Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

The CLC has submitted comments (together with American Bird Conservancy) on the Draft Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)....

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

Safeguarding Public Trust Rights on Lake Michigan

Gunderson v. State, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources & Pavlock v. State...

Categories: Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Beech Ridge Energy’s Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and the Service’s associated Draft Environmental Impact Statement

The CLC recently submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Beech Ridge Energy's Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and the...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Buckeye Wind LLC’s application for an Incidental Take Permit

The CLC submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Buckeye Wind LLC's application for an Incidental Take Permit for the federally endangered...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Represents Clients in Oral Argument at the Indiana Supreme Court

The CLC's Jeff Hyman represented three Indiana environmental groups in oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday, March 15, in a case that...

Categories: Blog, Save the Valley
Issues: Land
Services: Legal Advocacy, Nonprofit Support

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Intervention Granted on Essroc Cement Corp. v. Clark County Board of Zoning Appeals

What the Appelate Court’s Ruling Means for The Public Trust

A Win for the Public Trust

Clear-Cut Victory for White River Corridor

CLC Saves 22% of Trees from Extensive Clearing on the White River in Settlement

CLC Saves 22% of Trees from Extensive Clearing on the White River in Settlement

A Win for the Indiana Bat: D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Requires Analysis of Greater Protections for Endangered Species Impacted By Wind Energy Development

CLC Urges Greater Protections for Birds and Bats From Wind Turbines in the Midwest

CLC Urges Federal Government to Hold Coal Companies Responsible for Clean-Up Costs in Future

CLC’s comments on FWS mitigation policy aim to better protect species and habitats

Indiana Court Recognizes Public Right to Walk and Sunbathe on Lake Michigan Shore

Protecting the Endangered Indiana Bat

Good News on the Lake Michigan Shore

CLC prevails in Endangered Species Act lawsuit against US Fish and Wildlife permitting of wind farms harming Indiana bats

CLC Defending Public Rights to Lake Michigan Shore

CLC Files Friend of Court Brief for American Bird Conservancy

CLC Comments on the Draft Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Safeguarding Public Trust Rights on Lake Michigan

CLC Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Beech Ridge Energy’s Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and the Service’s associated Draft Environmental Impact Statement

CLC Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Buckeye Wind LLC’s application for an Incidental Take Permit

CLC Represents Clients in Oral Argument at the Indiana Supreme Court

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