Freshman Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) has rounded out her climate-heavy legislative team with her first registered lobbyist.
Adeline DeYoung, now a legislative assistant, comes from Citizens' Climate Lobby. She was a government-affairs coordinator for the nonprofit and lobbied on environment, energy and agriculture issues. DeYoung is pursuing an energy- and environment-focused MPP degree from Georgetown University.
Despite DeYoung's educational and career background, another LA, James Green, is Leger Fernandez's top staffer on climate and environmental issues. Green, who has a bachelor's degree in environmental science, joined the congresswoman's office from the House Science Committee's Energy Subcommittee.
Leger Fernandez is one of the most outspoken members of her state's delegation when it comes to climate-change policy, expressing unwavering support for President Biden's recent moratorium on oil and gas leases on public lands. New Mexico's oil production reached an all-time high under the Trump administration, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
