Signature Work
We work hand-in-hand with frontline communities to remove environmental hazards and secure access to environmental benefits. We act collectively with our community partners to challenge harmful social and political structures, and to improve the environmental conditions in neighborhoods.
We support community-led movements using a full range of advocacy strategies to challenge the status quo. We represent frontline communities across the country to challenge polluters that harm health, safety, and quality of life; to close dangerous regulatory loopholes; to open access to information and records; to increase transparency into environmental decision-making and polluting operations; and to enforce federal, state, and local laws meant to protect communities from environmental harms.
Highlights from recent initiatives:
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Michael Rubenstein for EarthjusticeMaria Lopez Nunez of the Ironbound Community Corporation speaks at a public meeting.
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Jessica Chou for EarthjusticeGlendale residents speak out against the gas plant proposal.
- Ventura County, California: The Wishtoyo Foundation, a Native-led nonprofit dedicated to protecting Chumash lifeways in Southern California, fought a gas-fired plant proposed by Texas-based Calpine Corporation. The plant would have been built on the banks of the Utom, the Santa Clara River. Utom and its ecosystem is within Chumash traditional territory, and Chumash people, now and since time immemorial, live in relationship with the river. In May 2019, the company withdrew its application, in the face of heavy opposition and major energy trends showing that gas plants have no future in California.
Contact Community Partnerships Program
707 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 4300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(415) 217-2000
cpp@earthjustice.org
Staff
Angela Johnson Meszaros Managing Attorney
Location: Los Angeles
Byron Chan Senior Associate Attorney
Location: Los Angeles
Khushi Desai Staff Attorney
Location: Washington, D.C.
Oscar Espino-Padron Staff Attorney
Location: Los Angeles
Lisa Fuhrmann Senior Research & Policy Analyst
Location: Washington, D.C.
Jasmine Jennings Associate Attorney
Location: New York
Erica Martinez Policy Advocate
Location: Sacramento
Phuong Pham Legal Practice Manager
Location: Los Angeles
Kartik Raj Legal Fellow
Location: Los Angeles
Lupe Ruelas Litigation Assistant
Location: Los Angeles
Jonathan Smith Staff Attorney
Location: New York