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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota
Katerina Gonzales is a climate scientist and postdoctoral fellow at University of Minnesota, working to bridge the gap between climate research and practice. She researches...
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More than half of Americans surveyed by Pew have talked about climate change one to two times in recent weeks – and that number is even higher for Gen Z and Millenials. A...
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Reporter
Luke Runyon covers the Colorado River Basin for KUNC, digging into stories that show how water issues can both unite and divide communities throughout the Western U.S....
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Associate Attorney, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
Bidtah Becker is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and an Associate Attorney for the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. Previously,she served on the New Mexico Interstate Stream...
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Colorado River Program Director, Audubon
Jennifer Pitt leads the United States–Mexico collaboration to restore the long-desiccated Colorado River Delta. She serves as the U.S. co-chair of the bi-national work group...
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The Colorado River hydrates more than 40 million people and 5 million acres of farmland from Wyoming to the US-Mexico border -- but it's not equally divided. And as our...
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Shepard Fairey is best known for creating the iconic Barack Obama “Hope” portrait during the 2008 presidential election. Fairey’s work is now included in the collections of...
Part of Shepard Fairey and the Power of Art, June 2021
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Senior Vice President and Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
Kathy Baughman McLeod is the director of the Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council. She leads creation and execution of the Center’s...
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Last week’s heat wave across the western United States busted more records – a trend that doesn’t seem to be going away.
Despite the serious threats extreme heat presents...
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Physician, Co-chair of Miami-Dade’s Heat-Health Task Force
Dr. Cheryl Holder is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and a key medical provider leader dedicated to serving underserved populations. As faculty at Florida...
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Director, USDA Midwest Climate Hub
Dennis Todey is the Director of the USDA Midwest Climate Hub in Ames. He is a native Iowan with his BS and PhD from Iowa State in Meteorology and Agricultural Meteorology. He...
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Director of the Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology
Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, editor, and author. She is the founder of Navdanya, a movement for biodiversity conservation and farmers’ rights. She is...
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July 21st, 2021
From clearing land for pasture to building dams, humans have long changed the face of the Earth. We are tool users and problem solvers by nature. But what happens when...
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Reporter, ProPublica
Lisa Song reports on the environment, energy and climate change for ProPublica. She previously worked at InsideClimate News, where she covered climate science and...
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Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, University of Chicago
Michael Greenstone is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics as well as the Director of the Becker Friedman Institute and the interdisciplinary...
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For more than two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying someone else -...
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Five years ago, most of the world’s nations entered into an agreement to dramatically ratchet down their carbon dioxide emissions with the goal of keeping planetary warming...
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U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance
Mark Carney is currently the U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and the U.K.'s Finance Advisor for COP26. Mark was previously Governor of the Bank of England (...
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Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Fatih Birol is the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency. Under his leadership, the IEA has undertaken its first comprehensive modernisation programme since...
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Can a feminist renaissance save the climate?
A feminist approach to the climate conversation begins over a hundred and fifty years ago. That’s when a scientist named Eunice...