After years of partnering, Chesapeake Legal Alliance and the Environmental ActionCenter are becoming one organization. We will make it official in January 2020. Our board and staff families are really excited about our union and the opportunity to expand our collective impact through: Dedicated people – Our board and staff have complementary strengths in legal […]
CLA Expands Capacity To Assist Bay Community with New Programs It began in 2009, when attorneys Russ Stevenson and Ridgway Hall felt a pressing need in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Across the Bay’s six states and Washington, D.C., there were hundreds of nonprofit organizations working to restore and protect the Bay and its tributaries. Few, though, […]
Please join CLA’s own, Ridgway M. Hall, Jr., vice president of Chesapeake Legal Alliance, as he participates on the discussion panel: “Who Pays for Superfund Cleanups at DoD Owned Sites?” during an Environmental Law Institute (ELI) webinar/ telecon/ in-person conference, “CERCLA and the Department of Defense,” THIS Wednesday, February 13. Hosted by global law firm, […]
Please join Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association and Chesapeake Legal Alliance for an interactive and engaging four-hour workshop on Understanding and Applying the Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment* with guest presenters: Franklin Kury — Voice of PA ERA, former Pennsylvania Senator and Representative, and author of “Clean Politics, Clean Streams” Susan Shinkman — Former Director of EPA’s […]
Annapolis, Maryland, October 1, 2018. The Chesapeake Legal Alliance (CLA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Eliza Smith Steinmeier as its new Executive Director. Russ Stevenson, the Chairman of the Alliance, said, “As a long-time member of our Board, Eliza volunteered to fill in on a temporary basis while we searched for a successor […]
by Ridgway Hall August 3, 2018 The article attached, authored by CLA’s Ridgway Hall, “Strong Headwinds Face Water Quality Trading in the Chesapeake,” posted yesterday on the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) website, provides exclusive information including programs in VA, PA, MD and DC, along with the EPA Technical Memoranda, information on EPA’s policy […]
In this Issue: Victory! Local Groups Win at Turtle Run When Critical Area Law Enforced State Environmental Rights Amendments to Protect the Chesapeake Bay MDE Backs Away from Enforcement of Existing Water Laws New CLA Matters New Legal Developments
CLA volunteer attorney Katherine Meyer (Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks LLP) helped a group of law professors from around the country, who are also Member Scholars of the Center for Progressive Reform, file an amicus curiae brief on Wednesday, May 24 in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13771 on “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs.” An amicus brief is […]
Check out the Power Point presentation, the NPDES Citizen’s Guide and Toolkit from CLA and MRC’s Participation in Maryland’s NPDES Process WEBINAR PRESENTATION: CLICK HERE for a copy of the Powerpoint CLICK HERE for a copy of the Guide CLICK HERE for the TOOLKIT