Alexandra St. Pierre
Director of Communities & Toxics | Massachusetts | She/Her
Alex St. Pierre is the Director of Communities and Toxics in CLF’s Environmental Justice Program. Prior to assuming this role, Alex was a Senior Attorney on the Strategic Litigation team for several years, suing big oil companies in Federal Court. Before joining CLF, Alex was an Equal Justice Works Fellow and Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, representing teens aging out of foster care and parents of children with disabilities. She later served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marcia G. Cooke of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and then to the Honorable James E. Graves, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Alex earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Sonoma State University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. In her spare time, Alex enjoys coffee, running long distances (especially on trails), coffee, crocheting, coffee, and spending time with her family.
Recent Posts
Apr 22 2025
When you’re in a hurry, they make it seem so simple: pick up the pre-packaged apples in that convenient plastic tote. Opt for the single-serve coffee encased in a plastic pod rather than brew an entire pot. Grab that plastic squeeze tube of yogurt for lunch. No fuss. No muss. But here’s the truth: Big…
Sep 19 2024
In New Bedford, Massachusetts, a proposed waste facility expansion threatens to bury the community under a mountain of literal and figurative problems. Parallel Products wants to transform its recycling site into a massive trash transfer station. If the project goes through, it will dump significant risks onto the low-income and immigrant populations nearby. But what…
Sep 10 2024
The expansion of Juniper Ridge under Casella perpetuates harms against the Penobscot Nation, who are the original stewards of these lands and waters dating back over 10,000 years. We add our voice to the assertion that there is no public benefit, quite the opposite.” – Maulian Bryant, Penobscot Tribal Ambassador The Problem For years, Casella’s…
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