Sarah Chasis's Blog
About
- Bio:
Sarah Chasis is a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC). She has worked at NRDC for more than 30 years and currently serves as Director of its Ocean Initiative. Her advocacy for oceans and coastal waters has been wide-ranging. She has worked to protect sensitive ocean areas from offshore oil drilling, promote the clean up of polluted waters at the nation’s beaches, strengthen coastal zone management and oil spill prevention programs, and improve domestic and international fisheries management.
She helped convince Congress to pass legislation requiring an end to unsustainable harvest of ocean fisheries and has successfully promoted state initiatives to strengthen ocean protections. In recognition of her work, Ms. Chasis was selected as the first Coastal Steward of the Year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Ms. Chasis has participated in a wide variety of commissions and coalitions including serving on the Marine Board of the National Research Council and three years staffing NRDC’s President while he served on the Pew Oceans Commission. She is an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law at the New York University School of Law. In 2007, she received the Smith College Medal awarded to women who have risen to the top of their fields while contributing their talent and expertise to the improvement of others’ lives.
- Roots in:
- New York
- Favorite place:
- too many to name one
- Why "environmentalism" matters:
- The future of the planet depends on it.
Recent Blog Posts
- Heading to Rhode Island Tomorrow in Support of a National Oceans Policy (September 23, 2009)
- Obama Administration Reveals Bedrock Ocean Policy Details – and They’re Strong (September 17, 2009)
- Discovery Planet Green presents NRDC’s ACID TEST Aug. 12 (August 7, 2009)
- Obama Announces Ocean Protection Plan (June 12, 2009)
- Take these simple steps to help our seas & the economy this World Oceans Day (June 8, 2009)
- A Sea Change in the Mid-Atlantic – Many Hands Make Light Work (June 4, 2009)
- Mid-Atlantic Governors to Sign Landmark Agreement to Protect Ocean (June 3, 2009)
- New Joint Ocean Commission Report Shares NRDC Healthy Seas Priorities for Obama Administration, Congress (April 7, 2009)
- Governor's Proposed Cuts Threaten Endangered Whales in New York (March 20, 2009)
- Next step for Salazar's offshore renewable energy plan: NOAA (March 12, 2009)
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- Sarah Chasis
- Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative
- New York