Moneen Nasmith is the Director of National Climate, Fossil Fuel Infrastructure. She is based in New York. Moneen leads a team focused on the federal permitting and regulation of fossil fuel transportation and export infrastructure.

Moneen represents community and environmental groups in permitting and rulemaking proceedings involving gas and oil pipelines and liquefied natural gas export terminals before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, and Army Corps of Engineers, and in federal district and appellate courts. She leads litigation and rulemaking efforts under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act and represented environmental and tribal clients in state and federal proceedings and other advocacy challenging fossil fuel infrastructure projects under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Natural Gas Act. Moneen also spent many years working on climate-related litigation and advocacy in the Northeast region.

Prior to joining Earthjustice in 2012, Moneen worked for several years in the Environment and Litigation departments of a law firm in Washington, D.C. She then worked for the Rainforest Foundation and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law while obtaining a Masters in Public Administration in Environment Policy. Moneen received her B.A. in Political Science from McGill University and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.