The Conservation Law Foundation established on October 6 by group of seven men and women, all prominent New England environmentalists. 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.