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Pace Energy and Climate Center Welcomes New Staff Attorney
The Pace Energy and Climate Center at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Emma Lagle has joined the Center as Staff Attorney. She will work with Pace Energy and Climate Center allies on promoting clean energy with the Center’s advocacy networks. Emma previously served as the Center's 2020-2021 Energy and Climate Fellow.
Emma began working in environmental law and policy organizing student lobbying efforts in favor of a state-wide natural gas fracking moratorium in 2014 with NYPIRG. Her interests in community-based project development led her to roles as project leader for downstate-New York non-profits organizing community-wide sustainability initiatives that required engagement of local officials, private businesses, and community members. Emma’s efforts culminated in her membership on an inter-disciplinary team that developed an urban-renewal plan for the West River neighborhood of New Haven and West Haven, Connecticut, which analyzed and presented the municipal stakeholders with best approaches to address the area’s economic, recreational, transportation, and coastal resiliency concerns.
Emma completed her JD with an Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law and a Master’s in Environmental Management at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. While completing these degrees, she interned with the Land Use Law Center, where she worked with municipalities to compose the form-based codes and helped build a national database on land use regulations for solar energy, the Charlottesville office of the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, where Emma participated in successful legislative efforts against natural-gas pipeline development. In 2021, Emma received a Master of Laws in Energy and Climate Law from Pace while serving as the Center’s Fellow.
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