Joyce Elaine Roop

Joyce Elaine Roop(1952–1995) was an attorney and environmental activist.

Born in Chicago, Roop attended theUniversity of California at Santa Barbara,where she helped found the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District and was then elected to the initial board of directors. In 1976 she moved fromIsla Vistato Massachusetts, where she studied atNortheastern University School of Law.

While a high school student in 1967, Roop joined a nationally publicized protest and marched from California's border with Oregon down the length of the state to a defense plant near Los Angeles to protest the US war in Vietnam.

After law school, Roop worked forRalph Nader'sPublic CitizenCongress Watch organization and theMassachusetts Public Interest Research Group,where she spearheaded litigation to stopacid rainfromcoal-fired power plants.

References

• "Joyce E. Roop, 42 Environmental lawyer, writer".The Boston Globe.January 31, 1995. Archived fromthe originalon November 4, 2012.RetrievedMay 9,2010.