By Lauren Frisch and Danielle Bissett, Bard CEP MS ’14 On March 6, 2013 the National Climate Seminar hosted a conversation on “After Sandy, What’s Next?” with Brenda Ekwurzel, a Climate Scientist and Assistant Director of Climate Research and Analysis at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Using Hurricane Sandy as a …
By Rochelle March and Serena McIntosh We waited apprehensively for Mike Tidwell, this week’s NCS speaker, to answer the phone. After 5 long minutes, he finally picked up and explained the reason for his tardiness. That day—at that exact moment—the Maryland General Assembly had been debating the proposal of Maryland’s …
By Oliver Peckham Daniel Lashof, Director of the Climate & Clean Air Program at the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), spoke at the National Climate Seminar on February 6th. Mr. Lashof – who has been involved in national climate negotiations since their inception – joined the Seminar to speak about …
Join us the first and third Wednesday of each month at noon eastern to hear climate and clean energy specialists talk about the latest climate change issues. These public conference calls are a great chance to connect with top scientists, analysts and political leaders discuss climate and clean energy solutions. …
By Megan McClellan MS‘14 and Danielle Salisbury MS/MI‘16 Did you have orange juice or coffee with breakfast this morning? If you did, your breakfast probably depended on an insect to pollinate those plants that grew the fruit and beans that you so deliciously enjoyed. But what if you had to hand …
By Dunja Drmac ’14 Kim Knowlton, a Senior Scientist at the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and an author of a report on health costs caused by climate change events in the United States, spoke at the National Climate Seminar on November 21st. The topics discussed included the health costs, …
By Lauren Hubbell ’14 and Danny Lapin ‘14 Dr. Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins Senior Research Fellow at Resources for the Future The Clean Air Act is vibrant and alive, even as its milestone provisions are decades old. Its regulatory clout is still felt across the political frontier of the nation. …
By Alicia Caruso ’14 and Sara DiNovi ’14 The National Climate Seminar recently hosted Jeremy Osborn, the Director of Operations at 350.org, an environmental advocacy group focused on building grassroots movements for environmental initiatives, namely climate change, worldwide. 350 is both a number (350 ppm) and a symbol. It stands …
In the Northwest, as the last blows are exchanged, the Big Black Coal Beast lies slumped on the ground, collapsed. Hot, sticky carbon dioxide, steams off its back and thick, black carbon-sweat drips down its face. Has the Coal Beast been defeated? Eco-warrior KC Golden, of Climate Solutions, has led …
The 2012 Fall Series of the National Climate Seminar kicked off last week at Bard Center for Environmental Policy with a conversation with Hunter Lovins and Aimée Christensen regarding the outcomes and missed opportunities of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development held this past June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. …