Good news for California: President Biden protecting more wild places
San Gabriel and Berryessa Snow National Monuments both poised to provide more habitat
Laura
Deehan
State Director, Environment California Research & Policy Center
Started on staff: 2002
UC Davis 1997-2001
Laura directs Environment California’s work to tackle global warming, protect the ocean, and stand up for clean air, clean water and open spaces. Laura served on the Environment California board for two years before stepping into the state director role. Most recently, she directed the public health program for CALPIRG, another organization in The Public Interest Network, where she led campaigns to get lead out of school drinking water and toxic chemicals out of cosmetics. Prior to that, Laura ran Environment California citizen outreach offices across the state and, as the Environment California field director, she led campaigns to get California to go solar, ban single use plastic grocery bags, and go 100 percent renewable. Laura lives with her family in Richmond, California, where she enjoys hiking, yoga and baking.
Posts by Laura Deehan
Strengthening protections for our coast’s best places
We’ve identified the California coast’s most amazing places. We should make sure they have the protections they need.
Update from COP28 in Dubai
World leaders from over 200 countries came together in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates for the 28th Climate Change 'Conference of Parties' (COP). I joined colleagues and elected officials from California as an official observer in the blue zone.
A sea turtle tour to protect California’s coast
Why we brought our sea turtle down the PCH to talk about ocean conservation