Emily Green
Director of Clean Mobility | Maine | She/Her
Emily K. Green is the Director of Clean Mobility for CLF Maine, where she focuses on climate change, clean energy, and transportation.
Prior to joining CLF, Emily provided comprehensive legal services to Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection as an Assistant Attorney General. Emily earned her J.D. from Cornell Law School and her undergraduate degree from New York University. She is admitted to practice in Maine and Massachusetts, the United States Courts of Appeals for the First and District of Columbia Circuits, and before the United States District Courts for the District of Maine, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. Outside of work, Emily spends her time in the mountains and on the seacoast. If she has to be inside, you’ll find her hosting a party, listening to live music, or crafting.
Recent Posts
Jun 6 2025
No matter where you live in New England, getting to work, the grocery store or the doctor’s office is harder than it should be. If it’s not for you, then consider neighbors, friends, or family members who don’t have a car. Or maybe a teenager without a driver’s license trying to get a summer job. …
Feb 18 2025
UPDATE: 6/12/2025: As expected, the Trump administration has illegally used the Congressional Review Act to revoke EPA’s waivers for clean cars and trucks standards. But the fight isn’t over yet. 10 states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont, have joined California in challenging this decision. Stay tuned on updates on this challenge. UPDATE 2/19/2025: The…
Apr 25 2024
The Problem Climate change isn’t waiting. Every day we continue to burn outdated fossil fuels to power our lives, we see the real-world impacts of climate-damaging emissions. Indeed, here in Maine, we experienced those impacts first-hand in the devastating storms that wreaked havoc this past winter. Storms that downed power lines, submerged roads, destroyed wharves…
Dec 18 2023
The Problem Fossil fuel-powered transportation is the largest source of climate-damaging emissions in Maine, hurting our health and the environment. If we want to slow the climate crisis and meet the state’s emissions targets, we must slash the pollution spewing from tailpipes in our cars, SUVs, vans, buses, trucks, and tractor-trailers. Where Things Stand For…
Jun 2 2023
It was a crisp Sunday morning in late-May as I got my daughter ready for one of my favorite activities of the month: the annual fish run. Dappled sunlight danced through waving trees, beckoning us over trails leading to the fish ladder. We greeted the brook with the same enthusiasm as the alewife dorsal fins…
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