Kate Sinding Daly
Senior Vice President for Law & Policy | Maine | She/Her
Kate Sinding Daly is Senior Vice President for Law and Policy at the Conservation Law Foundation. She was previously the inaugural executive director of NorthLight Foundation, which focuses on advancing equitable and enduring solutions for environmental and human health. She spent about a decade at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), first as a senior attorney and deputy director of NRDC’s New York program, and later as senior advisor to the president. Before she joined NRDC in 2006, she was a partner in the specialty environmental law firm of Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. Kate is a graduate of New York University School of Law, the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and Barnard College.
Recent Posts
Oct 7 2026
The 2026 mid-term elections are just weeks away, and democracy and voting are top of mind for us at CLF. Everything CLF does – ensuring clean air and water for all, protecting habitats and waterways, and building our clean energy future – requires a government that’s responsive to the public. Redistricting, attacks on mail-in…
Oct 2 2026
The Trump administration is tearing down environmental protections to put polluters’ profits ahead of people’s health. Clean air, safe water, and a livable climate are all in the crosshairs. As quickly as he has “disappeared” people off the streets, Trump has also “disappeared” due process, public health, academic freedom, and scientific inquiry. He’s now trying…
Mar 3 2026
Well, the Trump administration has finally done what it had long threatened to do: it slammed the door on the federal government’s authority to fight climate change. But just because something is expected doesn’t make it any less devastating – or legal. By improperly revoking the “endangerment finding” linking carbon pollution to pressing existential risks…
Sep 9 2025
Update: In February 2026, the Trump administration formally revoked the “Endangerment Finding,” a bedrock of federal climate law. CLF, along with other health and environmental groups, quickly filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency. Check back for updates as this case evolves. It’s unequivocal: Carbon pollution endangers health and welfare. Scientists agree that the unfettered…
May 7 2025
The Trump administration is recklessly propelling the nation backward, especially when it comes to the environment. That’s why it came as no surprise when it recently issued yet another of its ill-conceived executive orders, this one directing the Department of Justice to challenge state laws aimed at cutting carbon pollution and promoting clean energy. …
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