Author Archives: Betsy Rosenberg

From our atmosphere to wetlands under siege in the southern U.S. Scot Quaranda, Campaign Director for The Dogwood Alliance, weighs in on the widening practice of burning trees for energy and their newly released mini-doc, “Wetlands Up in Smoke”.

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We are sawing off the limb we're sitting on". That quote from futurist Paul Erlich, just one of many dramatic comments in the new film, Call of Life. The 6th great extinction is upon us and yet most Americans remain in the dark about this and other challenges to our life support system on earth. Director,Monte Thompson talks about the making of this important film and it's urgent message to humanity.

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Professor Michael Kraft of the Department of Public & Environmental Affairs at the University of Wisconson Green Bay talks about what prompted him to go out on a limb demanding congress pass more comprehensive climate legislation.

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We get a first hand account of COP19 from Robert Stavins, Harvard's professor of Business and Government at the Kennedy School. As the Director of Environmental Economics, Dr. Robert Stavins has attended many of the UN climate conferences — he shares some optimism about what happened…and didn't…in Warsaw. 

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Politico's Environment and Energy Reporter, Darren Goode, talks on his article about conservatives and green groups coming together for common causes, even if driven by different motivators. 

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