2025 look-ahead: protecting consumers, nature; cleaning up our air, water
PIRG, Environment America and their state groups are looking ahead to key consumer, health and environmental opportunities in 2025.
Wendy
Wendlandt
Senior Vice President and Political Director, The Public Interest Network; President, Environment America
Started on staff: 1984
B.A., Whitman College
As president of Environment America, Wendy is a leading voice for the environment in the United States. She has been quoted in major national, state and local news outlets for nearly 40 years on issues ranging from air pollution to green investing. She is also a senior vice president with The Public Interest Network. She is a founding board member of Green Corps, the field school for environmental organizers, and Green Century Funds, the nation’s first family of fossil fuel free mutual funds. Wendy started with WashPIRG, where she led campaigns to create Washington state’s model toxic waste cleanup program and to stop the nation’s first high-level nuclear waste dump site. She is a 1983 graduate of Whitman College. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and dog and hikes wherever and whenever she can.
Posts by Wendy Wendlandt
Five things to toast this holiday season
Clean, renewable energy: It’s not just a ‘blue state’ thing
So-called 'red' and 'blue' states may seem as divided from each other as ever, but all 50 states have one important thing in common: Renewable energy is on the rise in all of them.
What’s being done to save the bees?
Washington's governor signed a save the bees bill. More than 1 in 4 Americans now live in a state that restricts bee-killing pesticides.
When it comes to trees, President Biden makes Earth Day count
The longer a forest remains untouched by human development, the more that life can grow and thrive there. That's why we're so pleased with the U.S. Forest Service's latest action.