Legal Advocacy

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Citizens for a Safe & Clean Lake Superior

Founded by local residents passionate about protecting the lakeshore we call home, CSCLS advocates for Lake Superior’s shoreline and watershed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We...

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Hoosier Environmental Council

Simply stated, our goal is to make Indiana a better place to live, breathe, work, and play. Our two greatest tools are education and advocacy....

Company behind planned trash-to fuel plant in Gary reportedly facing bankruptcy

California-based Fulcrum Bioenergy, the company behind controversial plans for a jet fuel making facility in Gary, is facing bankruptcy, according to a report by Bloomberg...
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Green EC

This is a small, newly organized group of residents trying to improve the natural environment of East Chicago. Founded by a group of Student Conservation...

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Urban League Block Clubs

Block Clubs are an important component of the Urban League Movement. It is by organizing and mobilizing the community block-by-block that citizens have a more...

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Northern Lake County Environmental Partnership

NLCEP is a group of university professors from schools in or near the northwest Indiana Region who specialize in a variety of scientific disciplines and...

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Gary Advocates for Responsible Development

GARD is a group of Gary residents organized in 2021 to fight two plastic garbage burning operations who are trying to construct sites in Gary....

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The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is tackling the dual threats of accelerated climate change and unprecedented biodiversity loss. Science determines where we focus and equity guides how...

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George Rogers Clark Land Trust

In 1999, evolving from an effort of the Clark County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Land Use and Community Development Committee, Clarks Valley Land Trust...

GARD seeks judicial review after judge dismisses Fulcrum Bioenergy complaint

The grassroots environmental group Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) is seeking judicial review of a complaint against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)...
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Sycamore Land Trust

Sycamore is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1990 that serves 26 counties in southern Indiana. Our federal tax identification number is 35-1830637. We...

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...

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....

Rob McCrea

Rob McCrea is the Land Conservation Attorney for Conservation Law Center. Rob grew up hiking, hunting, and camping in the hills of southern Indiana. Rob’s...

Allie Gardner

Allie Gardner is the Senior Associate Attorney at the Conservation Law Center, where she works on CLC’s federal and state litigation and regulatory actions to...

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),...

Christian Freitag

Christian Freitag is the Glenn and Donna Scolnik Clinical Chair of Conservation Law Indiana University Maurer School of Law and President and Executive Director of...

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is critical for a healthy ecosystem About 30% of the 200 listed endangered animal and 300 plant species listed endangered in the United States...

Eagle Valley

Protecting the White River from Coal Ash Pollution

Hoosier Environmental Council v. IDEM, AES/Eagle Valley Generating Station...

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...

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...