Abigail Dillen

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Abigail Dillen is an environmental lawyer and executive at the environmental justice organization Earthjustice. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Her work has been called "precedent setting" by multiple climate organizations. [6] [7] [8] This includes, for example, defending the roadless rule. [9] She was profiled as a 2020 changemaker by Marie Claire. [10]

Dillen has a Juris Doctor degree from UC Berkeley School of Law, BA from Yale University [11] and joined in Earthjustice in 2000. [12] She led both the clean energy and coal programs at Earthjustice. [7] [13] [14] She became the chief executive in 2018 replacing Trip Van Noppen. [15] [13]

Dillen was a contributor in the All We Can Save anthology. [16] [17] She has also published opinion pieces for USA Today, [18] Huffington Post, The Hill, EcoWatch and other news sources. [19]

Personal life

Dillen grew up in New Mexico. [12] She is married to architect Jasmit Rangr, [15] [20] and has a son. [8]

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