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

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Check out our analysis of some of the strongest environmental legislation to be introduced and passed in recent years.

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