They’ve Got Next: Environmental Law Fresh Face Cecilia Segal (1)

Cecilia Segal first realized she wanted to be involved in the environmental protection movement when she took an environmental science class in high school. Years later, she’d step into the high-profile Keystone XL pipeline fight as an attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Segal was recently one of three NRDC attorneys representing environmental groups in Northern Plains Resource Council v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The court rejected a key permit issued by the Corps for the project in April 2020, citing the agency’s failure to properly review the ...