This lecture will summarize legal protections for pollinators, and will discuss efforts in the courts and in state and federal legislatures to defend and restore pollinator health.

Aaron Colangelo is the Litigation Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. He served as lead counsel in several dozen cases for NRDC, including lawsuits related to coastal water quality, migrant farmworker health, drinking water contamination, food safety, hazardous waste cleanup, and pollinator protections.