Helen Slottje

{{short description|Environmental activist}} '''Helen Slottje''' is an American lawyer and environmental activist. She received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2014/04/local-anti-fracking-activist-wins-worlds-largest-environmental-prize-012519|title=Local anti-fracking activist wins world's largest environmental prize|last=Waldman|first=Scott|website=Politico PRO|date=28 April 2014 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>

== Life ==

Helen lives in Ithaca, New York with her husband. She previously worked as a commercial attorney in Boston.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/helen-slottje/|title=Helen Slottje|website=Goldman Environmental Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>

She began fighting fracking after attending a presentation on the topic in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Casler|first=Andrew|title=A Conversation with Helen Slottje: Anti-Fracking Lawyer Considered Hero, Foe|date=May 2014|work=The Ithaca Journal}}</ref> She is credited with helping pass bans against fracking in more than a hundred communities in New York.<ref name="auto"/>

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