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Legislative Director, Lands, Wildlife, and Oceans

May 22, 2025

5 Special Places That Trump’s Megabill Would Sell Out — to Pay for Billionaire Tax Breaks

By Addie Haughey  /  Policy and Legislation Team

The bill includes proposals to sell out our public lands and waters to corporate interests

Storm clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
April 30, 2024

Congress’ ‘Energy Week 2.0’ is the Anti-Earth Week Nobody Asked For

By Addie Haughey  /  Policy and Legislation Team

We don’t have time for reckless bills that continue to give handouts to polluting industries at the expense of people, our environment, and our planet.

July 12, 2023

As the International Seabed Authority Meets, It’s Time for Us to Protect our Oceans from Untested Mining

By Addie Haughey  /  Policy and Legislation Team

Earthjustice is standing alongside a diverse group of nations, conservation organizations, scientists, and Indigenous groups, and urging the ISA to stand strong against corporate mining interests and declare a moratorium on deep seabed mining. 

Located in Alaska's panhandle, the Tongass is the country's largest national forest—and home to nearly one-third of all old-growth temperate rainforest remaining in the entire world.
December 20, 2022

Historic Agreement Reached to Protect 30% of Planet’s Lands and Oceans

By Addie Haughey  /  Biodiversity Defense Program

The Biden administration must lead the U.S. in reversing the biodiversity crisis at this pivotal moment

Jim Kelly and Dana Wilson, members of the Lummi Nation, fish for chum salmon in the Salish Sea.
September 20, 2022

Putting Justice First in Ocean Policy

By Addie Haughey  /  Oceans Program & Policy and Legislation Team

A new policy platform aims to make ocean policy more equitable by amplifying the voices of the most impacted communities.

Southern resident orca J16 makes rainbows while surfacing in Puget Sound.
October 12, 2021

5 Ways the Biden Administration Can Help End the Biodiversity Crisis

By Addie Haughey  /  Policy and Legislation Team

As world leaders gather at COP15 to address mass extinctions, here’s how the U.S. can meet the moment.

A waterfall in Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest.
September 20, 2021

The Most Cost-Effective Climate Solution Available: Keep Forests Where They Are

By Blaine Miller-McFeeley & Addie Haughey  /  Policy and Legislation Team

We’re calling on the Biden administration to conserve all mature and old-growth trees throughout our federal forests.

Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.
July 29, 2021

Congress Making Moves to Address the Biodiversity Crisis

By Addie Haughey  /  Policy and Legislation Team

Earthjustice is fighting to stop the mass extinction of species. These bills could help.

The old-growth trees of the Tongass National Forest provide a major buffer against climate change.
May 20, 2021

‘America the Beautiful’ Points the Way Toward Necessary Conservation of Lands and Waters

By Addie Haughey  /  Policy and Legislation Team

Here are 4 actions the Biden administration should focus on right away.