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Raviya was a press secretary at Earthjustice in the Washington, D.C. office from 2008 to 2014, working on issues including federal rulemakings, energy efficiency laws and coal ash pollution.

February 12, 2009

Bag Ban Rolls Across Nation

By Raviya Ismail

Lots of eyes rolled two years ago when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, but milllions of saved bags later, the experiment has swept across America, into many foreign countries and may soon take root in the nation’s capital. A Washington, D.C. councilmember has proposed legislation aimed at reducing the amount of trash that falls …

January 12, 2009

Earthjustice Defends Nation's Waterways at Supreme Court

By Raviya Ismail  /  Alaska Office & Washington, D.C. Office

Earthjustice press secretary Raviya Ismail was at today’s (Jan. 12) U.S. Supreme Court hearing on whether the Clean Water Act allows Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine to fill Lower Slate Lake in Alaska with mining waste – killing all aquatic life. Earthjustice attorney Tom Waldo argued to protect the lake. The high court decision, expected by …