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
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…
Oct 21 2025
Update: In December 2025, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s government-wide ban on new wind energy projects, ruling in favor of CLF and nine other environmental groups who filed a legal brief supporting states and wind groups trying to overturn the ban. Read more below. Now more than a year into Donald Trump’s second presidency, he’s checked an…
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. …
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”…
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