Howard Crystal is a public interest lawyer who works on projects promoting the clean energy transition. Current projects include litigating over FEMA’s decision to re-build the failing fossil fuel grid in Puerto Rico rather than promoting resilient renewable energy alternatives; challenging an effort by the world’s largest private equity firm to take over a New Mexico utility; and fighting against the Tennessee Valley Authority’s refusal to embrace renewable energy opportunities.

He received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1993 and is an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.