The Latest by Bala Sivaraman

Public Affairs and Communications Associate for Partnerships and Intersectional Justice

Based in Washington, D.C., Bala drives public awareness for Earthjustice's clients and their casework by drafting blogs, op-eds and press releases, while also conducting background research and analysis.

A man speaks into a microphone among a crowd of people holding signs for climate justice.

June 11, 2024

How This Faith Group Took on a Fight for Climate Justice and Stopped Energy Bills From Skyrocketing

By Bala Sivaraman / Clean Energy Program

With legal support from Earthjustice, a faith-based group in Philadelphia took the fight for clean, cheaper energy to the public utility commission and won.

A landscape photo of a river with two canoes full of people.

June 3, 2024

Klamath River Dam Removal Is a Victory for Tribes

By Bala Sivaraman / Northwest Office

After a century of ecological collapse, steelhead and salmon in the Klamath River now have a fighting chance at a full recovery.

Three people in white traditional clothes stand in a green valley.

May 31, 2024

A Landmark Victory for Peace in Hawai’i’s Sacred Makua Valley

By Bala Sivaraman / Mid-Pacific Office

The U.S. Army is formally ending live-fire training in Mākua Valley – a critical step towards restoring peace to a spiritual refuge ravaged by a century of militarization.

Former Bad River Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins Jr. at the Tribe's reservation in Wisconsin where Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline crosses.

January 31, 2022

How a Shoddy Environmental Review Could Cause a Catastrophic Oil Spill in Wisconsin

By Bala Sivaraman / Tribal Partnerships Program

Wisconsin’s inadequate environmental analysis of Enbridge’s rushed and haphazard Line 5 pipeline reroute does grave injustice to frontline Tribal communities.

A Native American community member places a hand on the Red Road totem pole during a tour stop at Greater Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico.

July 31, 2021

Indigenous Heritage Sites Are at Risk of Destruction. Biden Can Change That.

By Bala Sivaraman / Tribal Partnerships Program

A historic totem pole journey builds pressure on the Biden administration to fulfill promises made to the first peoples of America’s lands and waters.