Climate Change

$60,000 Grant from Simon Family Foundation to Advance Water Quality and Land Conservation in Indiana

Thank you to the Herbert Simon Family Foundation who has awarded the Conservation Law Center a $60,000 grant to further our work in water quality...

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Issues: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Land, Water
Services: Nonprofit Support, Policy

Conservation Law Center Clinic at the IU Maurer School of Law

Each school year, second- and third-year law students at the IU Maurer School of Law have the opportunity to enroll for credit as interns in...

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Issues: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Education

Power Plants and Water Temperature

Every second, as you read this blog post, you are consuming energy from the power grid, If you live in the midwest, as I do,...

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Issues: Climate Change

Manufacturing

Mass production in Industry has revolutionised the way that we live and work, but like all good things, it comes at a cost. Water pollution...

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Issues: Climate Change

Mining

Mining, whether it is for coal, oil, aluminium, uranium, silver, or gold, is notoriously damaging to the environment. Often when we think of these impacts,...

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Issues: Climate Change

Cities

The location of a city is almost always dictated by its proximity to water. Whether it be for agriculture, shipping, or drinking, water is a...

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Issues: Climate Change

Agricultural Runoff

According to the EPA 32% of our country’s water is used for agriculture, but all of that water has to go somewhere. Some of the...

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Issues: Climate Change

A Win for Wetlands and Government Accountability

Hoosier Environmental Council, Indiana Audubon, et al. v. Natural Prairie Indiana Farmland Holdings, LLC and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Categories: Natural Prairie
Issues: Climate Change, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Indiana Environmental Law and Climate Change Adaptation

Climate change is already causing changes now, right here in the state of Indiana. This year’s spring was one of the five wettest in the...

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Issues: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water
Services: Legal Education

Center Intern Researching IN’s Preparedness for Climate Change

This summer, Conservation Law Center is fortunate to have the help of Thalia Hobson, a summer research intern from Maurer Law School. Her...

Categories: Blog
Issues: Climate Change
Services: Legal Education

Recycling

Reduce, reuse, and recycle. These three tenets of environmentalism are what we have been taught our whole lives. Unfortunately, Recycling is not the bastion of...

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Issues: Climate Change

Changing Our Relationship with Plastic

Happy Earth Day! This week the CLC office has been buzzing with thoughts on how we can celebrate a day meant to promote environmental protection....

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Issues: Climate Change

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...

Categories: Blog, Essroc Cement Corp
Issues: Climate Change, Environmental Justice
Services: Legal Advocacy

Earth Charter Indiana Hosts First Statewide Climate Leadership Summit

CLC staff attended Earth Charter Indiana's "Climate Leadership Summit" this week. Aside from the science, the committee of leaders discussed the climate-friendly changes in Indiana's...

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Issues: Climate Change

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, Climate Change
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: Climate Change, Land
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: Climate Change, Land
Services: Legal Advocacy, Nonprofit Support

Victory: CLC wins at Indiana Supreme Court for the right for environmental orgs to represent their members in litigation

Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation v. Save the Valley, Inc....

Categories: Save the Valley
Issues: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Prevails in IKEC v Citizens Groups; IKEC Appeals

The Conservation Law Center is representing three Indiana environmental groups in litigation filed by the Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation (IKEC), the operators of the Clifty Creek...

Categories: Blog, Save the Valley
Issues: Climate Change, Land, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Litigator of the Year Award Bestowed on CLC Staff Attorney Jeffrey B. Hyman by HEC

CLC Staff Attorney, Jeffrey B. Hyman, has been named the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC) "Litigator of the Year" for his talents and dedication, especially in...

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

Animal Migration Seminar

CLC attorneys and Clinic interns are participating in the second semester of a year-long series of interdisciplinary seminars on protecting animal migrations, an effort initiated...

Categories: Blog
Issues: Biodiversity, Climate Change
Services: Legal Education

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