Board, Staff and Fellows

Dr. John Talberth, President and Senior Economist
Dr. John Talberth,

John holds a Ph.D. in International and Environmental Economics from the University of New Mexico and an M.A. in...

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Richard Mietz, Vice President and Environmental Law Fellow
Richard Mietz,
Richard has been involved with various environmental and public interest groups as an activist, attorney, and board...

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Susan Leopold, Secretary-Treasurer and Sustainability Education Fellow
Susan Leopold,
Susan is the Executive Director of United Plant Savers (www.unitedplantsavers.org). She has a Doctorate in Ethnobotany...

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Dr. Nejem Raheem, Director and Economics Fellow
Dr. Nejem Raheem,

Dr. Nejem Raheem serves as an environmental economics fellow at CSE and has worked on CSE projects analyzing the...

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Erin Gray, Economics Fellow
Erin Gray,
Erin holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and...

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Evan Branosky, Environmental Policy Fellow
Evan Branosky,
Evan Branosky is an environmental policy fellow at the Center for Sustainable Economy. With CSE, Evan has coauthored...

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Center for Sustainable Economy v. U.S. Department of Treasury, Case Number 6:09-cv-848, U.S. District Court, New Mexico.

The CSE lawsuit against the United States Department of the Treasury over records related to General Motors has settled. After a year of negotiation, Treasury released records to CSE under the Freedom of Information Act disclosing serious environmental concerns over operations of General Motors facilities, which are now partially owned by the federal government. Records show that General Motors facilities have significant environmental remediation liabilities totaling over $536 million, and a host of outstanding allegations of non-compliance with environmental laws over hazardous materials and pollution of air and water. And because there are now federal actions involved with day to day management of GE now involves federal decision making, CSE believes that Treasury must comply with federal environmental laws and help transform GE into a cleaner, more environmentally sustainable company. Read:

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