artificial turf

Policy & Litigation Attorney

Colleen Teubner

Colleen received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was the Vice President of the Environmental Law Society and Senior Notes Editor for the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law. She received her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in International Affairs from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to joining PEER, Colleen was an Assistant District Attorney for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in New York. She has also worked, clerked, and interned for multiple government agencies and non-profits, including the United States Department of Justice, the Office of the New York State Attorney General, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Defenders of Wildlife. Colleen also volunteered as a Park Interpreter with the National Park Service at Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C. Colleen enjoys backpacking and camping trips, playing board games, and reading mystery novels.

PEERMail | Is the Turf Tide Turning?

by | November 14, 2023
Communities have growing concerns about the use of this toxic, plastic grass on playing fields, playgrounds, parks, and backyards ...

COMMENTARY | Artificial Turf – A Plague on the Earth

by | November 13, 2023
Like a nasty rash, artificial turf has spread beyond sports fields to urban lawns, schoolyards, and parks ...

COMMENTARY | Artificial Turf Spreads Like Weeds on Long Island

by | October 17, 2023
Despite known environmental harms, towns and businesses continue to install artificial turf fields at alarming rates ...

Comment on Artificial Turf Field Installation – Harvard-Westlake River Park, Los Angeles – 07-11-2023 (PDF)

by | July 11, 2023
DESCRIPTION: Harvard-Westlake River Park Project Final Environmental Impact Report – Comment in regards to the redevelopment of an approximately 16 acre site along the Los Angeles River for an athletic and recreational facility, and includes installation of an artificial turf field. ...

COMMENTARY | Don’t Let Plastics Overtake the Earth

by | April 22, 2023
We are recommitting ourselves to finding ways to rapidly reduce our dependence on plastics and their impact on the environment and human health ...
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