Southern Environmental Law Center
Ursa Heidinger is an Associate Attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, having previously served as a Legal Intern at the Natural Resources Defense Council and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. With extensive experience in environmental education and advocacy, Ursa was an Assistant Director at Biocitizen, where the New York school of field environmental philosophy was established. In addition to teaching about biocultural history, Ursa held leadership positions in various organizations, including serving as President and Vice President of Notes and Keys. Ursa's educational background includes a Doctor of Law degree from New York University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Human Rights from Columbia University, complemented by studies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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Southern Environmental Law Center
We are the Southern Environmental Law Center — the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental legal advocacy organization rooted in and focused on the South. We are respected for our deep understanding of the places, politics, and culture of the South, and our knowledge of and willingness to do what it takes to get results. With 90 lawyers and a total staff of 170 working in nine offices across six states and Washington, D.C., we champion this beautiful, complex region because we live here and we love it. As lawyers, policy and issue experts, and community advocates and partners, we take on the toughest environmental challenges. And we win. In court, in government, and with our communities, we defend and protect our air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and the people who live here. Transforming our region away from fossil fuel to clean energy, righting environmental injustice, stopping pollution, and protecting nature — when we solve these issues here, we lead the way for others. That’s why we say: Solutions start in the South. For more than 35 years, by working at the national, regional, state, and local levels, and in all three branches of government, this nonprofit organization is able to do what it takes to get results. SELC strengthens laws, we make government agencies do their job, and, when necessary, we go to court to stop environmental abuses or to set far-reaching precedents. Visit us on Facebook (/southernenvironment) and follow us on Twitter (selc_org) and Instagram (@southernenvironment) for our latest news, updates, and events.