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Miriam Goldstein is the senior director for Conservation Policy and a senior fellow at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, Goldstein was the legislative director for Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA). She led the congresswoman’s legislative team and drafted and negotiated legislation, including a measure that changed the rules for handling accusations of workplace misconduct against members of Congress.
From 2014 to 2016, Goldstein was a legislative assistant for Speier, handling energy, environment, agriculture, transportation, and consumer protection, among other issues. Before joining Speier, Goldstein was a legislative fellow for the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee minority staff and the office of Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA), dealing with topics such as climate, fisheries, and oceans.
Goldstein holds a Ph.D. in biological oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where she studied the ecological impacts of plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and led Scripps’ 2009 expedition to study plastic pollution in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Her undergraduate degree is from Brown University.
Congress should invest $10 billion in coastal restoration to create jobs, protect coastal communities, and rebuild fish and wildlife populations.
By taking action to protect the watershed of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery, the EPA can support indigenous-led conservation and a robust economy in the region.
Jean Flemma, Miriam Goldstein, and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson write that Congress must support and invest in the Biden administration's ambitious vision for ocean protections and health.
As the Biden administration and Congress pursue ambitious infrastructure investments, they should look to the ocean to build a clean energy future.
The Biden administration can take 20 actions in its first 100 days to leverage the power of the ocean in the fight against climate change.
Jean Flemma, Miriam Goldstein, and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson argue that Congress and the new administration should look to the ocean for solutions as they pursue an ambitious agenda to tackle the climate crisis.
A healthy U.S. ocean requires both sustainable fisheries management and marine protected areas.
On the heels of the Trump administration's decision to gut NEPA, Miriam Goldstein and Kelly Kryc detail the law's importance in the ongoing fight against climate change.
This CAP report analyzes the use of fishing-restrictive area designations and provides recommendations on how the United States can improve them.
In light of the Trump administration's rollback of protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, Miriam Goldstein writes that ocean protections are a critical part of the fight against climate change.
Instead of helping fishermen and coastal communities survive the coronavirus crisis, the Trump administration is using the pandemic as an excuse to weaken fisheries management and begin industrial fish farming.
Devastating flooding in the Midwest is damaging both rural and coastal communities—but Congress can help by enacting forward-thinking environmental and land management policies.
