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Addie Haughey
Legislative Director, Lands, Wildlife, and Oceans
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(202) 667-4500

Alexandria Trimble
Media Relations and Communications Strategist
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Athena Motavvef
Legislative Representative
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(202) 797-5255

Auburn Bell
Legislative Representative
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Blaine Miller-McFeeley
Senior Legislative Representative
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(202) 667-4500, ext. 5225

Brielle Green
Senior Legislative Counsel
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(202) 745-5205

Chris Espinosa
Legislative Director, Climate & Energy
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Christine Santillana
Legislative Counsel, Healthy Communities
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(202) 667-4500, ext. 4315

Coby Dolan
Legislative Director
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(202) 745-5207

Daniel Savery
Senior Legislative Representative
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(202) 667-4500

Dustin Renaud
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
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Elizabeth Manning
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Erin Fitzgerald
Senior Media Relations and Communications Strategist
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(215) 671-6529

Geoffrey Nolan
Public Affairs and Communications Officer
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Jackson Chiappinelli
Media Relations and Communications Strategist
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(585) 402-2005

Julian Gonzalez
Senior Legislative Counsel
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(202) 745-5217

Julie Hauserman
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
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(850) 273-2898

Kathryn McGrath
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
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(202) 516-6932

Keith Rushing
National Communications Strategist
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(757) 897-2147

Laura M. Esquivel
Senior Legislative Representative
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(202) 667-4500

Lauren Wollack
Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications
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Miranda Fox
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
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Nydia Gutiérrez
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
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Perry Wheeler
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
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(202) 792-6211

Ranjani Prabhakar
Legislative Director
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(202) 667-4500

Rebecca Bowe
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
rbowe@earthjustice.org
(415) 217-2093

Robert Valencia
Estratega de Comunicaciones y Asuntos Públicos Hispanos / Latinos
rvalencia@earthjustice.org
(212) 845-7376

Stephen Schima
Senior Legislative Counsel
sschima@earthjustice.org
(202) 745-4500

Timna Axel
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
taxel@earthjustice.org
(773) 828-0712

Zahra Ahmad
Public Affairs and Communication Strategist
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Zoe Woodcraft
Public Affairs and Communications Officer
zwoodcraft@earthjustice.org
(818) 606-7509

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An oil refinery looms over Port Arthur, TX. People of color are nearly twice as likely as white Americans to live within a fenceline zone of an industrial facility.
February 7, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Closure of EPA Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Office

“Notwithstanding the overt cruelty of this decision, no one wants an unhealthier and more polluted America, coopted by industry.”

Smokestacks loom up from a hazy sky, tinged with orange, at sunset.
February 6, 2025

Earthjustice Blasts Blatant Partisan Attack on Critical DOJ Environmental Division

“Without offices like ENRD, our environmental laws are nothing more than words on paper.”

A large brown grizzly bear looks off the side in a a field of low brown and gray grass and brush.
February 5, 2025

Judge Upholds Ruling Limiting Wolf Trapping, Snaring in Idaho

Upon reconsideration, judge rejects Idaho’s rare request to reverse decision

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January 30, 2025

Tampa Bay Times

Duke Energy asks Trump admin to roll back pollution regulations

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program

“The letter is bluster with no punches, thunder with no lightning... Many of these demands have already been litigated in federal court, and industry lost. The public record reveals that nearly all coal plants have contaminated groundwater with dangerous toxic chemicals above federal standards. Any new regulation proposed by the Trump administration will have to address this alarming situation.”

January 28, 2025

The New York Times

Could Trump Use the ‘God Squad’ to Override Environmental Law?

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans

“It seems like they believe that the God Squad can wave its hand and declare a particular species no longer within the protection of the Endangered Species Act. That’s not how the process works at all.”

January 27, 2025

The Philadelphia Inquirer

PUC probes future ability of electric grid in Pa.: Pushing clean energy solutions

Devin McDougall, Attorney, Clean Energy Program

“As concerns rise about the threat of the coming administration to climate work, this win is a good reminder that there is still much progress that can be made at the local level and at our Public Utility Commissions to transition us away from fossil fuels and toward the future that our clients like POWER envision.”