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
Sep 9 2025
It’s unequivocal: Carbon pollution endangers health and welfare. Scientists agree that the unfettered burning of fossil fuels is causing our planet to overheat, presenting a slew of risks, including extreme weather, sea level rise, floods, wildfires, and drought. In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged that danger. That’s when the EPA issued the determination we…
Jul 30 2025
Just a little more than six months into Donald Trump’s second presidency, he’s checked an alarming number of boxes on the Project 2025 wish list. Despite his sometimes hourly flip-flopping, his overall objective is clear: He wants to centralize power in the executive branch while dismantling an imagined “deep state.” Assuming the mantle of an…
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. …
Mar 10 2025
This is part of an occasional series examining how the Trump administration may alter environmental laws. Update: March 10Unfortunately, barely a month into the Trump administration, many of these predictions have come to pass. President Trump has ordered massive layoffs at the EPA and NOAA, letting go hardworking public servants with little warning and less justification. “DOGE”…
Dec 19 2024
This is part of an occasional series examining how the Trump administration may alter environmental laws that could impact the climate crisis. Update March 7: So far, President Trump has shown a willingness, if not a downright zeal, in flagrantly breaking laws and violating the Constitution. He has frozen billions of dollars’ worth of funding…
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