Abigail Dillen
American attorney and climate activist
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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]
