Empowering a nonpartisan network of state legislative champions

Created by and for state legislators, NCEL serves as a resource to lawmakers working to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

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We're your remote environmental staff

We believe that the key to advancing sound policy in the states is well-informed legislatures with strong champions.

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Featured Issue Areas

Wildlife

Species and wildlife face increasing threats from human activity and climate change. NCEL members are working to conserve wildlife and natural areas.

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Energy

NCEL members are working to reduce carbon emissions through energy efficiency, increased renewable energy, and grid modernization.

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Zero-Waste

Plastic pollution has far-reaching impacts on public health and the environment. NCEL supports legislators working to reduce single-use plastic pollution and move towards a zero-waste society and circular economy.

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Environmental Justice

Environmental justice issues closely intersect with every aspect of the environmental movement and apply to all of NCEL’s issue areas. While all issues we work on are related to environmental justice, these have a particular emphasis on equity and justice.

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