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About Our Work

Earthjustice is a non-profit environmental law organization, built on the belief that we all have a right to a healthy environment. We fight, using the power of the law to preserve, protect, and promote a healthier, more sustainable world for everyone. Through far-reaching, big-impact litigation, we ensure that those who jeopardize the health of the planet are held accountable to the law. We work tenaciously to preserve our natural heritage, safeguard our health, and promote a clean energy future.

 

Quick Facts

Year opened: 1972
Office moves: 4
Longest staff stay: 27 years

 

Office Information

50 California Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA  94111
415-217-2000
headquarters @earthjustice.org

President
Trip Van Noppen

Deputy Director
Bill Curtiss

Senior Vice President, Operations
Kristine Stratton
  
Vice President, Litigation
Patti Goldman

Vice President, Communications
Georgia McIntosh
 
Vice President, Finance & Administration
Bruce Neighbor
 
Vice President, Human Resources
Christa Brothers
 
Strategic Adviser
Vawter "Buck" Parker


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Office Spotlight

Don Harris, one of Earthjustice's founders, tells the story of how it all started, in a lawsuit that opened up the legal system to environmental organizations and sparked the creation of the organization that would become Earthjustice.  Read more.

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