Category: <span>CEP Faculty</span>

Energy, Climate, and Citizenship Education: An Interview with Eban Goodstein

On Monday April 4th, thousands of college and university students will be participating in the Power Dialog. Students and supporting faculty will engage in face-to-face dialogs with top environmental and energy officials in dozens of states. The topic? State-level action to help meet the US climate commitment of 30% cuts in …

Power Dialog Speaker Options

Hello Power Dialog State Organizers,   It is a tumultuous time for the Clean Power Plan. The events of the last few weeks have shaken things up ,and we, at the Power Dialog, are adjusting our strategy. Because the future of the Clean Power Plan is somewhat unclear, it is …

A Climate Resolution for the New Year

Know a college student or a teacher?  Then you can help 10,000 students around the country, and hundreds in your own state, change their future. The week of April 4, 2016 The Power Dialog is organizing conversations in every state capitol between students and the top regulators in their state charged with …

Paris, 2020, and the Return of Bipartisan America COP21 Blog 2/3

By Eban Goodstein  Much of the focus in the Paris climate talks has been on a process supporting deeper cuts in global warming pollution. Should the nations of the earth come back in five years with a new set of proposed reductions? The commitments now on the table have taken …

From Paris, a Big Kiss to Nixon and (Anthony) Kennedy

By Eban Goodstein In the three years leading to the ongoing Paris climate negotiations, the world has witnessed a truly big pivot. Back in 2012, business as usual global warming pollution was set to heat the world up 8 degrees F by century’s end. Neither of the two biggest polluters, …

Winds of Change

A chunk of the atmosphere, fresh off the Atlantic Ocean, hit the south side of Long Island and squeezed itself into the Upper New York Bay. After careening around curve of Bay Ridge Brooklyn it whipped passed the Statue of Liberty and made its way uptown by way of the …

Dial in and Dialog: Become a Part of The Power Dialog!

Become a part of the formal launch of the Power Dialog! Dial-in at noon eastern Wednesday 10/7: 845-746-2287 (No conference code needed). Dallas Burtraw, Senior Researcher at Resources of the Future, and Eban Goodstein, Director of the Bard MBA in Sustainability and CEP programs, will be hosting a phone conversation …

The Power Dialog: Pennsylvania Announces First Keynote Speaker

The Power Dialog, in collaboration with PERC, excitedly announces Secretary Quigley as the keynote speaker for the PA Power Dialog. As the keynote speaker, Secretary Quigley will address students and faculty from across the state of Pennsylvania on April 4th 2016, and add insight into Pennsylvania’s approach to the Clean …

Korea Observations: Bruce Robertson

My primary interest in going on this trip was to get a better understanding of the type of environmental issues that were occurring in a very different part of the world, and to contrast these with the challenges faces in North America and use these insights to inform perspectives in …

Call for Action on Climate Change: Power Dialog

Dear Friends, We are circulating this call to participate in the national Power Dialog in April 2016. Help support 10,000 students to engage in face-to-face dialog with state-level regulators in all fifty states. The topic? Implementing the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. How will it work? Hundreds of faculty nationwide will take their …