Celeste
Meiffren-Swango
State Director, Environment Oregon
On staff: 2006-2009; 2010 to present
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Arizona
As director of Environment Oregon, Celeste develops and runs campaigns to win real results for Oregon’s environment. She has worked on issues ranging from preventing plastic pollution, stopping global warming, defending clean water, and protecting our beautiful places. Celeste’s organizing has helped to reduce kids’ exposure to lead in drinking water at childcare facilities in Oregon, encourage transportation electrification, ban single-use plastic grocery bags, defend our bedrock environmental laws and more. She is also the author of the children’s book, Myrtle the Turtle, empowering kids to prevent plastic pollution. Celeste lives in Portland, Ore., with her husband and two daughters, where they frequently enjoy the bounty of Oregon’s natural beauty.
Posts by Celeste Meiffren-Swango
Oregon’s last coal-fired power plant demolished
Environment Oregon state director celebrates the passage of federal climate bill at the White House
Environment Oregon state director Celeste Meiffren-Swango was invited to the White House to celebrate the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. She shares how this new law will help us fight climate change.
Statement: Environment Oregon state director heads to White House event to celebrate Inflation Reduction Act
Environment Oregon state director Celeste Meiffren-Swango will join about a dozen colleagues from The Public Interest Network and hundreds of other people at the ceremony in Washington to celebrate the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Washington Governor Inslee, Senator Murray commit to making dam breaching viable to save salmon, orcas
This week, for the first time, Washington Gov. Inslee and Sen. Murray outlined a clear path for breaching the dams on the Lower Snake River, getting us one step closer to saving salmon and orcas.