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Environmental Legal Aid Program

The Conservation Law Center seeks to serve local residents who want to improve the environment of northern Lake County. Our mission is to assist residents...
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Michael Zoeller

Mike Zoeller is a Senior Attorney with the Conservation Law Center leading its Environmental Legal Aid Program in Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago, and Gary, Indiana....

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Kim Ferraro

Kim E. Ferraro is the Conservation Law Center’s Managing Attorney. Before coming to CLC, Ferraro held that same position with the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC),...

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Kacey Cook

Kacey joins the Conservation Law Center as the inaugural Constance and Terry Marbach Conservation Attorney. For Kacey, growing up in the woods and on the...

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CLC Launches New Region-Focused Environmental Legal Aid Program

Interpreting the complex system of permits and standards that regulate the Region's many industries can be a daunting task. “You’ve got to be an environmental...
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Conservation Law Center Launches New Legal Aid Program To Advance Environmental Health And Equity In Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, And Whiting

CLC announces the launch of the organization’s Environmental Legal Aid Program to serve the environmental legal needs of local residents, advocates and community groups in...
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Environmental Justice Interview with Kim Ferraro

Kim E. Ferraro is the Senior Attorney at the Conservation Law Center, known for her pivotal role in securing landmark legal victories for environmental protection...
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Gary citizen group fights back against Fulcrum harassment

Gary, IN - - In an ongoing challenge to Fulcrum Centerpoint’s air pollution permit, Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) is asking the administrative law...
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Critics: Regulatory ‘shell game’ allows AES to dump harmful coal ash pollution in White River

The state is allowing AES Indiana to dump more than 1 million gallons of water contaminated with harmful coal ash pollutants...

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State is letting AES Indiana discharge toxic water into White River, group says

An Indiana environmental group says the state is allowingutility AES Indiana to release more than 1 million gallons ofcontaminated water a day into the...

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Gas plant could be sending coal ash contaminated water into the White River

The Eagle Valley natural gas plant in Martinsville is using water that could be contaminated with toxic coal ash to cool the plant and then...
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Stopping More Industrial Pollution in Gary 

Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) v. IDEM, Fulcrum BioEnergy, LLC...
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From class actions to classrooms: Ferraro adding teaching experience to resume as public interest attorney

Environmental law attorney Kim Ferraro might have only been half-joking when she claimed that if she had known at the start of her career what...
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Long-time HEC Attorney Kim Ferraro Joining Legal Team at Conservation Law Center

Today, the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC) wishes a warm farewell and many thanks to its long-time Senior Attorney, Kim Ferraro, who is leaving HEC after...
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Conservation Law Center announces The Duke Energy “Grass Roots” Conservation Fellowship

Conservation Law Center is excited to announce a $10,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to establish a new student fellowship program. The Duke Energy...
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Conservation Law Center announces Andrea Lutz as first Director of Advancement

Conservation Law Center is excited to welcome Andrea Lutz in the newly created position of Director of Advancement. This new role replaces the prior Director...
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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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Center Continues to Defend Clean Air, Protect Nearby Residents from Cement Plant

Conservation Law Center and Earthjustice, working in collaboration to represent the Sierra Club, have prevailed in the case of Essroc Cement Corp. v. Clark County...
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Success, Hazardous Waste Burn has been Denied

Essroc Cement Corp. v. Clark County Bd. of Zoning Appeals and Sierra Club...
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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...

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Power Plant and Hills

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....
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