Deena Tumeh

Senior Attorney Washington, D.C. Office

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Deena Tumeh is a senior attorney in the Washington, D.C., office.

Prior to joining Earthjustice, Deena worked at Public Counsel, where she litigated child welfare, immigration, and disability cases. She clerked for the Honorable Jill A. Pryor in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Honorable Myron H. Thompson in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Deena graduated from Yale University and Stanford Law School.

The Latest from Deena Tumeh

March 21, 2025

In the News: Living on Earth

EPA Drops Major Polluter Case

"The Trump EPA’s decision to drop this enforcement case leaves the St. John community without sufficient federal protection, and it leaves them at the mercy of industry. It allows these emissions to continue harming people who've already been breathing it for years. The Trump EPA claims to care about Americans’ rights to clean air, but if it did, it wouldn't be dropping an enforcement case like this one where pollution is at its worst. The reality is that communities like St. John need more protection from the federal government, not less."
January 23, 2025

In the News: Inside EPA

Trump’s Sweeping Moves To End EJ Programs Sparks Sharp Criticism

"The executive order frames the right to clean air and water as a 'merit-based opportunity' — that is frankly dystopian."
April 4, 2024

In the News: E&E News

Proposed settlement prods EPA action on incinerator emissions

"Most commercial and industrial waste incinerators across the country operate subject to outdated and flawed toxic air pollution standards or none at all. Communities living near these incinerators have suffered the health consequences of exposure to many toxic air pollutants, including lead, which has no safe level of human exposure.”
November 18, 2021

In the News: Courthouse News Service

Environmental groups sue EPA over toxic air pollutants in Gulf states

“Communities shouldn’t have to sue EPA to compel the agency to do its job, but this, especially the health emergency in St. John, has reached the point where suit is needed to ensure EPA fulfills its duty to protect public health.”