Moneen Nasmith, attorney for Earthjustice, talks about the importance of stopping the Constitution Pipeline, which would have transported fracking gas from Pennsylvania and affected 251 waterways, along with many other environmental impacts Story Transcript DIMITRI LASCARIS: This is Dimitri Lascaris for The Real News. On Friday of last week, August 18th, the United States Court […]
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Moneen Nasmith joined the Northeast regional office of Earthjustice in September 2012.
Her work focuses primarily on matters relating to the environmental and health impacts of oil and gas development. She has represented community and environmental groups in a variety of matters, including proposals for underground natural gas storage in New York, crude-by-rail terminals, and liquefied natural gas export facilities.
Moneen received her B.A. in Political Science from McGill University in 2002 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005. Following law school, she worked for more than four years in the Environment and Litigation departments of a law firm in Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining Earthjustice, she worked as a Fellow for the Rainforest Foundation and for the Columbia Center for Climate Change Law, while obtaining a Masters in Environment Policy at Columbia University.
