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Stephen Schima

Senior Legislative Counsel

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  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) defense/NEPA issues

Office Phone: (202) 745-4500

Stephen Schima is a Senior Legislative Counsel based in Washington, D.C.

“If NEPA laws were to be gutted, people would lose their ability to fight for their health and well-being.”
– Pedro SaadeResident of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The community has used NEPA to halt a waste-to-energy incinerator, which a corporation wants to build in an area already contaminated with lead, arsenic and other heavy metals.
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