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
Help California’s kelp forests
Why we are calling on the state to better protect California's kelp forests, the "sequoias of the sea"
STATEMENT: Proposed national monument would protect 677k acres of California’s desert
Rep. Raul Ruiz called on Pres. Biden to designate Chuckwalla National Monument
Statement: Southern sea otters to retain federal protection
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service makes right call in keeping otters protected, but hope remains that the otters may not need protections for much longer
Sonoran Desert animals of California
South of Joshua Tree National Park, the Sonoran Desert is home to many different animals