Erica Morehouse
Director, Equitable & Just Policy Solutions
Work
Erica is the Director of Equitable and Just Policy Solutions at Environmental Defense Fund. Erica works towards implementation of EDF’s Equity and Justice strategy, which applies an equity and justice lens to the organization’s pursuit of positive systemic change for people and nature. Since joining EDF in 2009, Erica has advocated for ambitious climate policy at the U.S. state and federal level. She has represented EDF before many branches of the U.S. government including Congress, state legislatures, the Environmental Protection Agency, federal and state courts, and state regulatory agencies.
Background
Erica has worked on state and federal climate policy including in California, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington State, and Washington, D.C. Erica is licensed to practice law in California. Prior to EDF, Erica worked in diverse fields including fisheries management, biogeochemistry, and genetics.
- B.A., Environmental Science and Policy, Duke University
- Fulbright Grant, Malawi, East Africa
- J.D., U.C. Davis School of Law
Latest pieces
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Oregon’s Climate Protection Program must live up to its name
August 11, 2021
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Is Oregon creating a backdoor that could undermine its own climate policy?
March 1, 2021
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Important climate rulemaking kicks off in Oregon: What we’re watching
January 15, 2021
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Oregon Governor Kate Brown and House Speaker Tina Kotek show real leadership amid scorched Earth tactics in Salem
March 9, 2020
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California-Quebec August auction clears after emissions below 2020 target for second year running
August 27, 2019
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The Status Quo is not an Option for Oregon or the Planet
June 20, 2019
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Latest EPA climate pollution data shows disturbing lack of progress
April 12, 2019
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Oregon poised to cap carbon pollution
January 28, 2019
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Climate scare tactics won’t work in California
November 15, 2018
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The New Normal: California-Quebec Auction Clears Above the Floor Price
November 21, 2017