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Sasan Saadat

Senior Research and Policy Analyst

Northeast Office

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Sasan Saadat

Senior Research and Policy Analyst Northeast Office

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Zoe Woodcraft
Public Affairs and Communications Officer
zwoodcraft@earthjustice.org

Sasan Saadat is a senior research and policy analyst based out of Earthjustice’s Northeast regional office in New York.

Sasan graduated from UC Berkeley cum laude with a BA in Philosophy and a BS in Environmental Studies. Previously, he was a Research Fellow at MSI Integrity, a nonprofit tracking the human rights and environmental impacts of global sustainability standards. He’s also worked on sustainability policy for the City of Foster City, and on energy efficiency programs for low-income residents with the California Public Utilities Commission.

He is passionate about community organizing, and spent a summer in Chiang Mai with EarthRights International, learning from Mekong communities that are resisting coal and hydropower projects.

Expert Posts & Articles

Alejandra Ruedas, right, holds a sign at a rally before a California Air Resources Board public hearing to consider proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation on Oct. 27, 2022, in Sacramento, Calif.
April 14, 2023

In The Race to End Diesel Truck Pollution, California Widens Its Stride

By Sasan Saadat

California is not just staying in the running, but picking up the pace for zero emissions.
March 3, 2023

Glass Onion Nails It: Policymakers Need to Check Receipts on the Hydrogen Hype

By Sasan Saadat

Netflix’s juicy mystery veers close to reality when it comes to the pitfalls of hydrogen — which is no silver bullet for our climate crisis.
July 26, 2019

SoCalGas’ Reckless Strategy to Keep California Tied to Combustion

By Sasan Saadat

Through a network of front-groups, lobbyists, and PR firms, SoCalGas is funding and coordinating a misinformation campaign to greenwash gas and stoke local opposition to building electrification.
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Media Inquiries

Zoe Woodcraft
Public Affairs and Communications Officer
zwoodcraft@earthjustice.org

Quoted in the News

May 23, 2026

Streetsblog New York

MTA Delays Bus Electrification Amid Manufacturer Challenges

“Stronger policy drivers and MTA’s purchasing power can be leveraged to improve product offerings from manufacturers. The UK, Europe, and Asia have all leveraged strong e-bus policy to create new manufacturing capacity. Good electric bus policy can also be good industrial policy.”
April 6, 2026

Times Herald-Record

Why can’t Gov. Kathy Hochul let go of fossil fuels in NY?

“It’s not just that fossil fuels aren’t good in a crisis. It’s that they are the crisis.”
May 23, 2024

The Mercury News

Opinion: What Newsom should do next to curb Big Oil emissions

An opinion piece from Sasan Saadat and Amelia Keyes (attorney at Communities for a Better Environment).
March 14, 2024

Canary Media

Is CARB staff blocking reform at California’s clean transport program?

“It feels like the shots are being called behind the scenes. What we heard from the board was pretty unambiguously, ​‘We’d like to see this tightened up.’”

Article by Jeff St. John

December 30, 2023

Inside Climate News

Is California Overstating the Climate Benefit of Dairy Manure Methane Digesters?

“California loves to brag ‘this program, for every eight dollars we spend on it, gets us this many tons of CO2 reductions.’ What’s missing from that is the fact that these programs are triple counting those reductions.”

Article by Phil McKenna

May 18, 2023

Clean Technica

Vermont Legislature Pushes For End To Polluting Heating Equipment

“What’s missing from that message is an honest assessment of how scant the supply of sustainable RNG is and how risky the potential is that RNG could actually increase climate impacts.”