Lauren Piette

Senior Attorney

Clean Energy Program

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Lauren Piette

Senior Attorney Clean Energy Program

Kathryn McGrath
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
kmcgrath@earthjustice.org

Lauren Piette is a senior attorney with Earthjustice’s Clean Energy Program, where she has worked since graduating law school in 2018.

Lauren is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and the University of Iowa.

Kathryn McGrath
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
kmcgrath@earthjustice.org

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IL

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she / her

Quoted in the News

January 2, 2025

DeSmog

Midwest Wins Funding for a New Hydrogen Hub. Not Everyone Is Convinced It’s ‘Clean.’

“Hydrogen has the potential to help us decarbonize if it is made in a way that is truly clean, [but many fossil fuel companies] see hydrogen as a way to greenwash their dirty projects of the past.”
January 31, 2024

Energy News Network

Advocates worry hydrogen hub will fuel environmental injustice in Northwest Indiana

“If we don’t get this right, if this hydrogen hub program doesn’t unfold in a way that’s equitable and different from the extractive energy programs of the past, this will just be another handout for fossil fuels that harms communities.”

Latest Press Statements

November 20, 2024

The Midwest Does Not Need Dirty Hydrogen

U.S. climate progress depends on getting it right on hydrogen
February 8, 2024

Advocates and Consumers Energy Reach Agreement on Critical Energy Efficiency Programs

Michigan Public Service Commission approves settlement agreement that will significantly help utility customers