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July 20, 2018 | Feature

The Long and Winding Swim

The Pacific Northwest was home to one of the greatest salmon runs in the world — until four massive dams began restricting passage from the ocean to freshwater streams. Now, it’s time for the dams to come down.

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Todd True
Senior Attorney, Northwest Office
“The measure of the work is not in the number of cases filed or the lawsuits won. It’s in the rivers, forest, wildlife that are still there. The changes that have been made—and the opportunity to do even more.”
Based in Seattle, Todd is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Adrienne Bloch
Senior Attorney, Fossil Fuels
“Now is the time to enforce existing laws and support new laws that ensure a fossil-fuel free future.”
Based in San Francisco, Adrienne is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Eve Gartner
Staff Attorney, Northeast Office
“We must reform our chemicals policies so that toxic substances are not added to consumer products in the first place.”
Based in Washington, D.C., Eve is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Patrice Simms
VP of Litigation, Washington, D.C.
“The role of the courts as a check on the power of Congress and the executive branch is more important than ever. But powerful special interests have taken notice.”
Based in the nation's capital, Patrice is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Angela Johnson Meszaros
Staff Attorney, California Office
“Certain communities seem to merit a level of protection or response when dirty fossil fuels negatively impact them—while others do not.”
Based in Los Angeles, Angela is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Summer Kupau-Odo
Senior Associate Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office
“The law demands and Hawaiʻi’s people have every right to expect more from the agency charged with conserving our natural resources.”
Based in Honolulu, Summer is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Isaac Moriwake
Staff Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office
“It is a kuleana [responsibility] to help achieve a more just and sustainable society and an environmental and clean energy model for the world.”
Based in Honolulu, Isaac is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Andrea Treece
Staff Attorney, Oceans Program
“The deepest reason I became a lawyer is that the ocean is my home and the law is the best tool I have to protect it.”
Based in San Francisco, Andrea is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
Photo by Clare Major for Earthjustice
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Abigail Dillen
VP of Litigation for Climate & Energy
“We are witnessing a clean energy revolution that can secure the future—if we force progress fast enough.”
Based in San Francisco, Abbie leads the Earthjustice's litigation and legal advocacy to achieve the essential shift from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy.
Photo by Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice
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Jan Hasselman
Staff Attorney, Northwest Office
“This fight is about justice and sovereignty.”
Based in Seattle, Jan is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Yvonne Chi
Associate Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office
“I am determined to fight to protect every inch of these special places so that everyone has the opportunity to marvel in them.”
Based in Denver, Yvonne is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Jenny Harbine
Staff Attorney, Northern Rockies Office
“I refuse to let my children believe there are some areas that are okay to sacrifice. Or that there are people we can leave to fend for themselves, against corporate greed.”
Based in Bozeman, Montana, Jenny leads the Earthjustice's litigation and legal advocacy to achieve the essential shift from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy.
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Adrian Martinez
Staff Attorney, California Office
“In reality, we don’t have to make a trade-off between breathable air and the economy.”
Based in Los Angeles, Adrian is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Peter Lehner
Senior Strategic Advisor
“By reshaping the current legal and policy landscape to encourage farming practices that cut emissions and permanently store carbon, we can and should reinvent our agricultural system to better serve the environment and the health of our society.”
Based in New York, Peter directs Earthjustice's sustainable food and farming program.
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Shannon Fisk
Managing Attorney, Coal Program
“One thing Earthjustice brings to the fight is a willingness to dig in—in places that are often overlooked, but where critical decisions are made about our energy future. When we take a case, we're in there for the long haul.”
Based in Philadelphia, Shannon is one of more than a hundred Earthjustice attorneys defending the right of all to a healthy environment.
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Susan Stevens Miller
Staff Attorney, Clean Energy Program
“This project will not only unlock a huge, untapped source of renewable energy, they will create thousands of new jobs in manufacturing and other sectors.”
Based in Washington, D.C., Susan works alongside a team of clean energy attorneys to level the playing field for clean energy and expose the true costs of dirty coal- and gas-fired power plants, clearing the way for solar and wind power to take hold.
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