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Susana Almanza

Susana Almanza was born in 1952 and lives in East Austin in Texas. In 1991, Almanza founded People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER), which campaigns on environmental issues in Austin. It first opposed the expansion of an oil facility run by Chevron Corporation, Coastal Corporation, Citgo, Exxon, Mobil and Texaco, demonstrating to city councillors that there were already groundwater pollution and air quality issues. PODER then successfully called for the decommissioning of the Holly Street Power Plant. Almanza has also protested the construction of a jet fuel tank at Austin–Bergstrom International Airport and is monitoring Tesla, Inc.'s Giga Texas factory.

In 2021, she was elected to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council.