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Northeast

About Our Work

The Northeast is one of the most populated areas of the country, and protecting the region's public health is one of our top priorities. Our Northeast office halts the discharge of toxic chemicals into drinking water, cleans up abandoned waste sites, and pushes for greater consumer safety measures for household cleaners. In addition, our focus on curbing the use of fossil fuels aims to move the Northeast towards a more sustainable energy future.

 

Quick Facts

Year opened: 2008
Meet our staff:
   · Managing Attorney Deborah Goldberg, on fracking
   · Attorney Marianne Engleman Lado, on confined animal feeding operations and public health
   · Managing Attorney Abbie Dillen, on planning for a clean energy future

 

Office Information

156 William Street, Suite 800
New York, NY  10038
(212) 845-7376
neoffice @earthjustice.org

1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1675
Philadelphia, PA  19103
(215) 717-4520
neoffice @earthjustice.org

Managing Attorney, Northeast
Deborah Goldberg

Managing Attorney, Coal Program
Abigail Dillen

Attorneys
Hannah Chang
Thomas Cmar
Jocelyn D'Ambrosio
Shannon Fisk
Eve Gartner
Marianne Engelman Lado
Bridget Lee
Charles McPhedran
Moneen Nasmith
Lisa Perfetto

Litigation Assistants
Abraham Allison
Grant Tolley

Campaign Manager
Kathleen Sutcliffe

Senior Development Officer, Major Gifts
Brian Hoeft

Office Manager
Kristine Taylor

Press Contact
John McManus


See bar admissions of our legal staff
 

Office Spotlight

Earthjustice Managing Attorney Deborah Goldberg was a panelist on a nationally broadcast debate presented by Intelligence Squared in partnership with the Aspen Ideas Festival. Goldberg and Katherine Hudson of Riverkeeper will debated NY Times columnist Joe Nocera and former DOE Assistant Secretary Susan Tierney. The motion: "No Fracking Way: The Natural Gas Boom Is Doing More Harm than Good".  Read more.

The Latest

Teleconference: Ending Coal
Climate change is the life-disrupting crisis of our time. But we still can avoid its most severe impacts if we dramatically change the way we produce and use energy. Coal Program Director Abigail Dillen discusses how Earthjustice works to fundamentally change the way our nation produces and uses energy.
Towns Fight to Cement Court Victory on Fracking Ban
In closely watched case, Dryden and Middlefield brace for possible round three
Pennsylvania Air Quality Permits

As a result of a lawsuit brought by Earthjustice on behalf of the Sierra Club, the Clean Air Council, and PennEnvironment, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection have updated and strengthened air quality permits for coal plants across the state.

Pennsylvania Tightens Air Quality Permits
Environmental groups force accountability for coal-fired power plants
Animal Waste Threatens America’s First National River, Public Health, and Arkansas Tourism
Groups seek review of assessment that led to federal loan guarantee for industrial swine facility in the Buffalo National River Watershed
Cleaning Up Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from Homer City Generating Station

The Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania has two coal-fired units that, until recently, have had no controls for limiting the emission of SO2. Sulfur dioxide is a major air pollutant and is linked to respiratory illnesses, heart disease and asthma attacks. The Station released the most sulfur dioxide of any plant in the United States in 2010.

One of the Nation’s Dirtiest Power Plants to Clean Up Sulfur Dioxide Emissions
New Homer City power plant protections set precedent on fight for cleaner air
Protecting Seneca Lake from Gas Industry Infrastructure Projects
Two gas industry infrastructure projects are proposed for underground salt caverns on the shores of Seneca Lake, in the Finger Lakes region of Western New York. They would involve large-scale storage facilities with new capacity for 88 million gallons of liquid petroleum gasand additional capacity for natural gas, expanding storage to 2 billion cubic feet. Environmental advocates are concerned that these projects will lock the region into continued extraction and use of dirty fossil fuels and discourage the growth of renewable energy.