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World Resources Institute Looks Ahead

On New Year’s Eve, I took a look back at 2010 and a look ahead too.  Jonathan Lash and the venerable World Resources Institute are pretty clued in, so you might like to have their perspective too.  His presentation covers the gamut, from EPA’s authority, to food and water issues, to transportation, deforestation, and the state of international negotiations. WRI’s top gun on climate and energy, Jennifer Morgan, takes part in the Q&A.

See the full video:

Environmental Stories to Watch in 2011 from World Resources Institute on Vimeo.

 

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Bill Hewitt

Bill Hewitt has been an environmental activist and professional for nearly 25 years. He was deeply involved in the battle to curtail acid rain, and was also a Sierra Club leader in New York City. He spent 11 years in public affairs for the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, and worked on environmental issues for two NYC mayoral campaigns and a presidential campaign. He is a writer and editor and is the principal of Hewitt Communications. He has an M.S. in international affairs, has taught political science at Pace University, and has graduate and continuing education classes on climate change, sustainability, and energy and the environment at The Center for Global Affairs at NYU. His book, "A Newer World - Politics, Money, Technology, and What’s Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis," will be out from the University Press of New England in December.



Areas of Focus:
the policy, politics, science and economics of environmental protection, sustainability, energy and climate change

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