The Section is pleased to announce Douglas I. Foy as the recipient of the 2004 American Bar Association Award for Excellence in Environmental and Resources Stewardship. This award recognizes achievement or leadership in areas of sustainable development or environmental or resources stewardship. This may include major contributions in the areas of resources, energy or environmental law or policy that serve to enhance conservation, responsible development, prudent resource use and pollution abatement or mitigation.

Douglas I. Foy is currently the secretary of Commonwealth Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a newly created position in which he oversees the state's environmental, energy, transportation and resources agencies and works to implement "smart growth" initiatives in Massachusetts. For the previous 25 years, Mr. Foy led the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), a highly effective and innovative regional environmental advocacy organization that has had a major impact on preserving New England's environment, and has served as a national model of "entrepreneurial environmentalism."

As CLF's president, Mr. Foy helped achieve numerous significant victories aimed at protecting and sustaining environmental resources, including: forcing the clean-up of Boston Harbor; intervening in regulatory hearings to force millions of dollars of investment by New England Electric Utilities in aggressive energy efficiency programs; preventing the construction of a large new dam by a paper company on a wild and scenic stretch of the Penobscot River in Maine by showing energy efficiency improvements would save more power than the dam would generate; forcing Massachusetts to commit hundreds of millions of dollars in transit improvements and new parkland as part of the Central Artery project in Boston; and creating the innovative CLF Ventures affiliate - which was charged with using business and economic tools to solve environmental problems - to develop environmentally friendly projects.

For his extensive knowledge of environmental issues, his dedication and commitment to public service, his strong advocacy skills, and his innovative and pragmatic approach to solutions, the Section proudly bestows this award to Douglas I. Foy.

Michael Gerrard, Section Chair
presenting award to Douglas Foy