Hannah Perls – Page 9 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Hannah’s work focuses on equitable disaster preparedness and response and federal environmental justice initiatives. She previously worked as a program assistant and development director for Cristosal, a human rights non-profit based in El Salvador, providing legal and humanitarian assistance to families internally displaced by violence. Hannah also worked as an environmental scientist specializing in coastal Superfund sites for AnchorQEA. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. with honors in environmental science and sustainable development from Columbia University. Hannah serves on the Environmental Justice Legal Advisory Board for Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE) in Roxbury, MA.

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Deconstructing Environmental Deregulation Under the Trump Administration

Over the past four years, EELP has tracked the Trump administration’s environmental rollback efforts, analyzing both individual regulations and broader attacks on EPA’s mission-critical capacities, while also highlighting the lawsuits […]

January 13, 2021

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New Cost-Benefit Rule Hampers EPA’s Ability to Regulate Harmful Air Pollutants

This analysis is a paraphrased excerpt from Hannah Perls’ article Deconstructing Environmental Deregulation under the Trump Administration, published in the Spring 2021 Vermont Law Review. A crucial tool in the […]

January 12, 2021

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EPA Undermines its Own Environmental Justice Programs

EPA’s EJ efforts to-date have been insufficient to address the scale and severity of environmental injustice in the US.

November 12, 2020