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Roger Martella is an American environmental, energy and climate change policy expert and the chief sustainability officer and head of global government affairs at GE Vernova.[1] Martella was previously chief sustainability officer at General Electric (GE).[2]
Martella served as General Counsel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, where he was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate.[3][4]
Early life and education edit
Martella grew up in Norristown, Pennsylvania, working in his family’s corner Italian bakery from youth through his early law career.[5] Martella is a graduate of Cornell University, where he studied environmental science,[6] and holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School,[7] where he was Editor in Chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review.
Career edit
Prior to GE, Martella served as the General Counsel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Principal Counsel for Complex Litigation for the United States Department of Justice Natural Resources Section, and a trial attorney and Assistant Section Chief for the Justice Department’s Indian Resources Section.[8] Martella also co-led Sidley Austin LLP's global environmental and climate change practices.[9]
Martella teaches International Environmental Law and Justice at Howard University School of Law[10] and serves on the Advisory Board to Harvard University’s Environmental and Energy Law Program.[11] In 2022, the Racial Justice Institute recognized Martella with a Racial Justice Champion Award.[12]
Martella is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations[13] and serves on the board of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES),[14] the ClearPath Foundation,[15] the Environmental Law Institute,[16] and other environmental and energy NGOs.
Martella has co-authored and edited four books on the intersection of ESG, climate change law, international environmental law, and human rights:
- Corporate Social Responsibility—Sustainable Business: Environmental, Social and Governance Frameworks for the 21st Century[17]
- Ethics and Environmental Practice: A Lawyer's Guide[18]
- International Environmental Law: The Practitioner's Guide to the Laws of the Planet[19]
- Model Statute for Proceedings Challenging Government Failure to Act on Climate Change[20]
References edit
- ^ "Hon. Roger Martella | GE Vernova".
- ^ "Roger Martella | General Electric".
- ^ "- Nominations of Roger Romulus Martella Jr., Bishop William H. Graves, and Alex Beehler".
- ^ https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/results/leadership/text/bio_1128.html
- ^ https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/hearings/testimony/109_2005_2006/web/pdf/2006_0913_rrm.pdf
- ^ "Experts Question Green Initiatives - the Cornell Daily Sun". 30 November 2001.
- ^ "GE Chief Sustainability Officer Roger Martella '95 Calls for Action in 2023 Climate Change Governance Lecture". 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Roger Martella | Environmental Law Institute".
- ^ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/SY/SY18/20131029/101433/HHRG-113-SY18-Bio-MartellaR-20131029.pdf
- ^ "Adjunct Instructors | Howard University School of Law".
- ^ "EELP Board of Advisors - Harvard Law School". 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Home | 2022 Racial Justice Champions".
- ^ "Council on Foreign Relations".
- ^ "Roger Martella Archives".
- ^ "Roger Martella". 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Roger Martella | Environmental Law Institute".
- ^ "WK estore".
- ^ https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/288361172/
- ^ Telesetsky, Anastasia; Martella, Roger R.; Grosko, J. Brett (2015). "Reviewed work: Review: International Environmental Law: The Practitioner's Guide to the Laws of the Planet, MartellaRoger R.Jr., GroskoJ. Brett". The International Lawyer. 49 (2): 239–242. JSTOR 26415552.
- ^ "Model Statute for Proceedings Challenging Government Failure to Act on Climate Change".