Kate Sinding Daly is an environmental lawyer and senior vice president for law and policy at the Conservation Law Foundation. She previously led the NorthLight Foundation and worked at the Natural Resources Defense Council. She graduated from Barnard College, New York University School of Law and Princeton's school of public and international affairs. She previously was a partner at Sive, Paget & Riesel.
DI has documented statements by Kate Sinding Daly on Energy Policy, Military and Defense, and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: CLF senior vice president for law and policy
Condemned
Statement summary
Sinding Daly criticized the December lease pause affecting Revolution Wind and other projects, arguing it restricted energy supply, increased costs and worsened pollution.
“Blocking clean energy projects limits our energy options and makes electricity unaffordable”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Fending Off Federal Attacks on Wind EnergySection 'It's Clear What This is Really About', Kate Sinding Daly's response to the December lease pause.
Why we used this label
She rejects the pause and argues that its consequences undermine the stated security rationale.
Federal officials halted Revolution Wind construction twice, citing national security. Rhode Island senators criticized the orders, and a judge granted preliminary relief. The project later reached its final-turbine installation milestone.
