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Tropical Forests are Crucial to Managing our Climate: Deborah Lawrence Speaks with the National Climate Seminar

Tropical forests have a lot to offer: the richest concentration of biodiversity on the planet, a home for indigenous peoples, and the plants that are used to create many modern pharmaceuticals. In negotiations leading up to the UN Paris Climate Agreement, tropical forests were also formally recognized for their key …

This Tea Party Leader is Championing Green. Here’s Why.

Originally posted on: http://ecoaffect.org FEBRUARY 10, 2014 BY CAROLINE HODGE   Debbie Dooley isn’t your typical Tea Party leader. She’s a Georgia grandmother who became an activist six years ago when her first grandson was born. Dooley is co-founder of the Atlanta Tea Party Patriots, and has been active with the Tea Party …

The Extinction of Paradise: Climate Change and the Maldives

By: David Nacmanie After living for more than two years in the small island nation of Samoa, I am well aware of the many challenges facing these small island states. From devastating tropical cyclones and tsunamis to water shortages and heat waves, these countries face big challenges with few resources. …

“Politicians Don’t Create Political Will, They Respond to it”

By: Serafina Zeringo MS ’13 and Kyle Rorah MS ’13 Mark Reynolds, Executive Director of the Citizens Climate Lobby, spoke on the National Climate Seminar this week about citizen engagement, education, and environmental activism as ways to push Congress to have a stronger stance on environmental protection. Citizens Climate Lobby gains its …

The Rocky Marriage of Climate and Politics

By: Brian Sewell EP ’14 and Craig Johnson CSP ’14 On September 19th, the National Climate Seminar hosted a conversation on “Climate and the Election” with Darren Springer, Senior Policy Adviser for Energy and Environment to Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont. Springer’s work with Sen. Sanders’s office has given him …