Mychal Ozaeta

Senior Attorney

Clean Energy Program

Mychal stands facing the viewer with a somber expression. He's wearing clear framed glasses and a black T-shirt with the text "Because the earth" (in red) "needs a good lawyer" (in white) printed across the front, with the logo of Earthjustice (an icon of the globe on a pedestal, next to the words "Earthjustice). Mychal is standing in an outdoor location. The background is a blurred light brown color.

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Mychal Ozaeta

Senior Attorney Clean Energy Program

Kathryn McGrath
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
kmcgrath@earthjustice.org

Mychal Ozaeta is a senior attorney with the Clean Energy Program. He is based in California.

Mychal is a graduate of UCLA and Vermont Law School, where he received a joint JD/Master’s of Environmental Law and Policy degree.

Mychal was born and raised in San Pedro, California, where he witnessed firsthand the effects that environmental pollution has on impacted communities. These personal experiences motivated Mychal to pursue environmental law and brought him to Earthjustice.

Expert Posts & Articles

Aerial view of coal ash ponds next to the decommissioned Wood River Power Station in East Alton, Ill. in 2018. The power plant was demolished in early 2021.
May 4, 2026

Federal Coal Ash Safeguards are Under Attack: What Does it Mean for Illinois?

Prairie Rivers Network interviewed Earthjustice attorneys Jenny Cassel and Mychal Ozaeta.

Kathryn McGrath
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
kmcgrath@earthjustice.org

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Quoted in the News

January 7, 2026

Phys.org

Environmentalists push back against U.S. EPA plan to extend coal plant closings

“These 13 are the most dangerous coal ash ponds in the U.S., because they’re leaking. They’ve been doing so for decades.”

Latest Press Statements

The R.S. Nelson coal fired-power plant in 2004, in Westlake, La.
August 4, 2026

Trump Administration’s Plan to Put Louisiana in Charge of Toxic Coal Ash Pollution Threatens Sources of Drinking Water

Testing at all Louisiana coal plants found groundwater contamination above federal safe drinking water standards
November 25, 2025

EPA Proposes to Delay Closure of Some of the Largest Toxic Coal Ash Ponds, in Violation of the Law

Trump’s EPA proposal would allow EPA to grant 11 coal power plants extensions to continue dumping toxic coal ash in unlined ponds until October 17, 2031