Kristin has led successful actions to block regulations promulgated under the Bush Administration’s healthy forest initiative, to prevent the construction of new coal-fired power plants, such as the Taylorville Energy Center, and to retire aging coal-fired power plants that harm public health and the environment, such as the Big Sandy power plant in Kentucky. Her current docket focuses on bringing lawsuits that force utilities to internalize the true societal costs of burning coal. Kristin graduated from Boston University and received her law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law. Kristin lives in San Francisco with her husband and two boys and enjoys being known as one of the few environmentalists who would never be caught wearing Birkenstocks.