It also publishes series of citizens' guides to environmental laws, and serves as public information resource. Litigation is a secondary priority. In 1975, it joins with other groups to underwrite an environmental lawyer in each of five New England states. CLF files suit to stop construction of oil refinery in Eastport, Maine, where spills from supertankers would threaten bald eagles and several endangered whale species. Pittston Oil Company eventually abandons the project.
Defendants are region's largest municipal sewage dischargers.
The plan is defeated. Organization then intervenes in electric utility proceedings throughout region to convince regulators to require that utilities invest in more end-use efficiency. Designed for municipal officials, permitting agencies, citizens, and incinerator builders and operators, model permit and accompanying background information cover everything from facility design to ash disposal. CLF sues Portland Water District to end illegal sewage discharges into Casco Bay ecosystem by Maine's largest city. The result is agreement the following year that sets a judicially-enforceable schedule to halt the dumping.