Senior Advisor, Environment California
Started on staff: 1988
B.A., Franklin and Marshall University
Dan provides campaign strategy and policy guidance for Environment California’s program and organizational plans. Prior to his current role, he worked as the state director of Environment California and the organizing director of Florida PIRG, among other roles. The Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT) named Dan a Clean Power Champion in 2019, and Capitol Weekly named him one of the “Top 100 Lobbyists” in California in 2008. Dan’s areas of expertise include renewable energy, electric vehicles and ocean pollution, and he has successfully advocated for the passage of dozens of bills into law, including measures to ban toxic chemicals, bring 1 million solar roofs to California, and ban single-use plastic grocery bags. He ran the campaign for SB 100, California’s law setting a goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2045.
The move — an action called for by our Destination: Zero Carbon campaign — attacks the source of half of the Golden State’s global warming pollution.
Across the West, Americans are trying to survive record-breaking wildfires. Given the unprecedented scale of the damage, those threatened by the fires are not sure what they should -- or should not -- be doing right now to stay safe, and many people have been turning to Environment America and its state affiliates for answers. Our organizations are working hard to both keep the public apprised and to push our federal and state governments to take action to mitigate climate change to prevent these devastating fires from becoming the new normal.
The Environmental Protection Agency reportedly is about to announce a plan to rescind California’s authority to impose stronger car pollution regulations than the federal government. This proposal comes at a time when two in three Americans say the United States needs to do more on climate change and several leading automakers already have agreed to follow California’s tougher emissions standards.
In a few short years, there could be millions more electric vehicles (EVs) on America’s roads, with eight states collectively pledging to add 3.3 million EVs by 2025.
Wire reports indicate that today, the Trump administration will officially abandon negotiations on the Clean Car Standards.
