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Are you passionate about stopping pollution and fighting for climate justice? Do you want to implement policy solutions to limit harm to communities most impacted by the oil and gas industry? If you’re eager to ensure that frontline community voices are represented in state and federal policy spaces, then this position may be right for you. Earthworks Policy Advocate for Oil and Gas Waste will be responsible for implementing advocacy strategies to secure adoption and implementation of solid and liquid waste standards for the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and federally. While issue expertise on oil and gas waste is a plus, it isn’t required, and we’ll help you learn along the way - we encourage anyone passionate about justice-oriented policy advocacy to apply! This work will focus on supporting frontline community allies, collaborating with external partners and coalitions, creating high impact strategies, managing advocacy efforts, engaging...

NEIWPCC and the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) are seeking a full-time Environmental Analyst to join our collaborative team as the Aquatic Organism Passage Restoration Specialist. This specialist will lead AOP restoration work at LCBP and coordinate with a broad array of stakeholders and watershed partners to further the goal of improved habitat connectivity and water quality throughout the Lake Champlain Basin . The three focus areas of this position are: improve coordination on AOP restoration and landscape-scale aquatic habitat conservation by working with federal, state, and local government agencies and non-governmental stakeholders, leading and participating in AOP-focused workgroups; directly improve native species habitat and water quality by coordinating AOP restoration grant programs and independently developing high-priority AOP restoration projects; and inform stakeholders, dam owners, and the public by conducting outreach and education on...

WildEarth Guardians is seeking a full-time advocate in our Wild Places Program to advance a new paradigm of forest management and protection based on the growing body of science that demonstrates trees work cooperatively through symbiotic relationships between fungi and plants, which create shared mycorrhizal networks. These networks operate as a single organism connected by infinite biological pathways that allow trees to communicate and interact in intelligent ways, often described as ‘forest wisdom,’ which supports Traditional Ecological Knowledge and beliefs long held by Indigenous Peoples. The science, both new and old, make it clear that forests themselves have the intelligence and capacity for self healing and adaptation to new climate regimes.    In this position, the SW Advocate will be responsible for helping develop and advance new policies and protections for national forests in the southwestern US by promoting the concepts of “forest wisdom” throughout the...