Ashley Bennett

Senior Attorney Northwest Office

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Elizabeth Manning
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DC, WA

Based in Seattle, Ashley Bennett is a senior attorney with the Northwest regional office, with a focus on protecting clean air, clean water, and the health of people and communities.

The Latest from Ashley Bennett

September 30, 2024

In the News: The Intercept

The Dirty Business of Clean Energy: The U.K. Power Company Polluting Small Towns Across the U.S

“People are extremely concerned about this because they know what communities are going through in the Southeast with the wood pellet industry, and they just don’t want those problems.”
September 30, 2024

In the News: Land & Climate Review

What are Drax’s plans on the West Coast?

“Clean energy should not lead to increased logging and forest degradation, and it shouldn’t create greenhouse gas emissions. These facilities are just not good for the communities that they come into. They put public health at risk, put forests at risk, put the ecosystem at risk, and ultimately, they further exacerbate the climate crisis.”
Top view of a group of wood pellets for heating.
August 6, 2024

Are Industrial Wood Pellets Renewable, Green Energy? Don’t Believe It for a Second.

Here are 10 reasons why industrial wood pellet production is a false solution to the climate crisis.
November 12, 2021

In the News: Locus Focus

Environmental Justice for Cully Neighborhood

Radio interview on the Owens-Brockway glass recycling plant in Portland