Kyle Tisdel will speak at ISF's November 9 meeting about the work Western Environmental Law Center is doing on behalf of our public lands.
Kyle has worked at Western Environmental Law Center since 2011, serving as a senior attorney and the Climate & Energy Program director. His work centers on the nexus of public lands and fossil fuel development, with the aim of aligning federal decision-making with the demands of climate science, bringing a managed end to fossil fuel exploitation, and ensuring a just transition for Indigenous and frontline communities that have endured generations of harms from fossil fuels.
Kyle has prevailed in dozens of cases in federal court, setting new precedent on the government’s obligation to consider the cumulative impacts of climate change and the harms to people and communities in its fossil fuel decisions, and frequently engages state and the federal governments on climate and environmental justice policies.
Kyle received a B.A. in international relations from Michigan State University and earned his law degree from Vermont Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.
