Dan Snyder joined Public Justice in 2023 as a senior attorney for the Environmental Enforcement Project. He is now the Director of the Environmental Enforcement Project. Dan has been practicing public interest environmental law since he graduated from University of Oregon Law School. He represents the interests of individuals, local grassroots organizations, and national non-profits…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 20, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Nora Apter, Oregon Environmental Council noraa@oeconline.org | 971.275.6179 Salem, OR – The Court of Appeals today found that Oregon’s cornerstone Climate Protection Program was invalid on procedural grounds after the oil and gas industry and their allies challenged the rule. A coalition of environmental justice, climate, and…
For immediate release: September 26, 2023 Media Contact: Jessica King, jessica.king@sierraclub.org Lucy Sears, lsears@publicjustice.net Washington, D.C. — Today Sierra Club, Public Justice, and several other environmental and public health organizations filed a petition for rulemaking with the EPA, calling upon the agency to stop harmful coal pollution from open-top trains carrying coal by requiring coal train operators to obtain a permit…
For Immediate Release May 1, 2023 Contact: Ragan Whitlock, Center for Biological Diversity, (727) 426-3653, rwhitlock@biologicaldiversity.org Lucy Sears, Public Justice’s Environmental Enforcement Project, (240) 676-4499, lsears@publicjustice.net Justin Bloom, Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, (941) 275-2922, jbloom@suncoastwaterkeeper.org Glenn Compton, ManaSota-88, (941) 966-6256, manasota88@comcast.net Problematic Site Has Operated Without Permitting for More Than 20 Years ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following litigation,…
For Immediate Release August 11, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a major victory for the health of the lower Locust Fork and the Black Warrior River, a federal judge in Birmingham has granted the request by Black Warrior Riverkeeper and its attorneys, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Public…
For immediate release: May 17, 2022 Contact: Barry Brock, Southern Environmental Law Center, 205-745-3060, bbrock@selcal.org Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095, nbrooke@blackwarriorriver.org Jim Hecker, Public Justice, 703-302-0507, jhecker@publicjustice.net BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a major victory for the health of the Black Warrior River, Black Warrior Riverkeeper and its attorneys, the Southern Environmental Law Center and…