CLF seeks ethics investigation of Coastal Agency.

• Position: Rhode Island - Conservation Law Foundation - Coastal Resources Management Council - Brief article

CLF HAS CALLED FOR THE RHODE ISLAND Ethics Commission to investigate members of the state's Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), based on a record of decisions that raises "serious questions about the integrity and impartiality of the coastal council."

CLF's filing in June was prompted by a history and practice at the Council of unsupportable decisions in favor of development requests that were approved over the objections of CRMC's professional staff and were unsupported by science or CRMC's own policies. Nearly all of the...