Organization: Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Point of Contact at Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL): Cameron Aishton
Organization Address: 1101 15th Street NW STE 1100 Washington, DC 20005
Petrochemical production (ranging from plastics to agrochemicals, and their chemical precursors) has become the fossil fuel industry’s lifeline to buoy demand for its products and sustain its profits. Together with the program’s leadership and other relevant staff at CIEL, the Attorney will drive our work to confront the expansion of the petrochemicals sector and curtail the proliferation of false climate solutions that threaten to extend and deepen our fossil fuel dependence at a moment of converging planetary crises. With a primary focus on the US and Europe, this position will 1) research and develop internal understandings of various regulatory regimes – national (US and European) and international – governing or relevant to the fossil fuel, carbon capture and petrochemicals sectors; 2) develop and support high-impact strategies for legal and campaign approaches for engaging with such regulatory systems; and 3) lead on interventions such as permit challenges, administrative comments, or other administrative or legal filings.
This is a two-year contract; continuation is dependent on available grant funding. This position is included in the CIEL staff unit of the Washington Baltimore News Guild union if located in the United States or Switzerland.