While discussing a UN report about rising carbon dioxide levels,
chief environmental affairs correpondent Anne Thompson said that many scientists are worried about these CO2 levels but «some disagree, saying those fears are wildly overblown.»
Anne Thompson, NBC's
chief environmental affairs correspondent, moderated the expert panel, which included (from left): Heidi Cullen, a correspondent for Climate Central, a nonprofit that reports on climate science; Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico and a board member of the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank; Grady Gammage Jr., a practicing attorney and a senior scholar at the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability; and Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
Anne Thompson,
chief environmental affairs correspondent for NBC News, moderated the event, which was held the same day the Japanese government raised the Fukushima reactor disaster to 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, fanning doubts about the future of nuclear power — currently the leading zero - carbon energy source.
Not exact matches
Joe Hinrichs, head of the Americas since December 2012, will manage global product development, manufacturing and labor
affairs, purchasing, and
environmental and safety engineering, while Marcy Klevorn, vice president of information technology and
chief technical officer since January, will oversee Hackett's Ford Smart Mobility.
The Apple
chief was accompanied by Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment and government
affairs and the head of the
Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama.
The revision process, which includes conducting
environmental impact studies and taking public comments, has taken about two years in the past, said Connie Gillette,
chief of public
affairs for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the unit of the Interior Department that oversees the lease schedule.
After listening to testimony from scores of scientists, bureaucrats, lobbyists, aboriginal
chiefs and
environmental groups, the committee dropped the whole
affair like a bucket of tar.
Employees work in approximately eight branches of the OCE, including Sustainable Development, Agricultural Labor
Affairs, World Agricultural Outlook Board, Climate Change Program Office, and the Offices of the
Chief Meteorologist,
Environmental Markets, Energy Policy and New Uses, and Risk Assessment and Cost - Benefit Analysis.
Evelyn Chan, Head of
Environmental Affairs, Cathay Pacific Shinta Kamdani,
Chief Executive Officer, Sintesa Group Yin Myo Su, Managing Director, Inle Princess Group Moderator: Nina Easton, Fortune
President Donald Trump might fire any one of seven different Cabinet - level officials —
Chief of Staff John Kelly, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Secretary of Veterans
Affairs David Shulkin,
Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt, or Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — in the coming days.
She earlier served as Deputy Commissioner at the Department of
Environmental Protection, General Counsel in the Executive Office of Energy and
Environmental Affairs,
Chief of Legal Services at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and as an assistant attorney general in the
Environmental Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General.
«We fully support this well - conceived proposal, urge the Adirondack Park Agency Board to adopt it at their February board meeting, and look forward to seeing the economic and
environmental benefits it will unleash,» said Stuart Gruskin,
chief conservation and external
affairs officer in a statement.
Immediately prior to joining
Environmental Advocates, he worked for the Cuomo administration as Director of Communications and Public
Affairs for the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, where he was the
chief messaging strategist and spokesperson for one of the state's largest agencies.
Robert Watson, PhD,
Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs; Chair of
Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Prior to joining Oakland Schools in 2005, Moore was senior deputy
chief executive officer for Detroit Public Schools where he oversaw Facility Maintenance, Capital Improvement Programs; Contracting, Real Estate and Urban Planning; Transportation; Food Service; Security; Print Production;
Environmental Health and Safety; Warehouse Operations; Financial Functions; and State Legislative
Affairs.
The first response is from Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of earth science and international
affairs at Princeton University and former
chief scientist for the
Environmental Defense Fund.
Moderator: Anne Kelly, Senior Director, Policy and BICEP Network, Ceres Speakers: Rick Ridgeway, Vice President,
Environmental Affairs, Patagonia; Kevin Rabinovitch, Global Vice President, Sustainability, Mars, Inc.; Cindy DeVries,
Chief Operating Officer, Fetzer Vineyards
Former Bush administration
chief of the Council on
Environmental Quality James Connaughton is now the government
affairs head for an electric utility, Constellation Energy.
President (2002, 2014), Secretary (2012), Treasurer (2004 - 2011), Governing Board (1997 - 2001), U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association Judicially appointed member, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Advisory Council (appointed by then -
Chief Judge Lawrence Baskir (2001 - 2004); reappointed by then -
Chief Judge Edward Damich (2004 - 2009); reappointed by then -
Chief Judge Emily Hewitt (2009 - 2014), reappointed by
Chief Judge Patricia Campbell - Smith (2014 - present) Member, Board of Trustees / Board of Directors, State University of New York at Albany, The University at Albany Foundation, Inc. (2011 - present) Co-chair, Advisory Board, State University of New York at Albany, Rockefeller College (2004 - 2011) Co-chair (2013 - 2015), Board of Directors, Washington D.C. Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights and Urban
Affairs (2003 - present) Member, Maryland Attorney General's
Environmental Policy Advisory Board (2008 - 2015) Member, Board of Trustees, The Norwood School (Bethesda, Maryland)(2011 - present) General Counsel (2016 - present) and Member, Board of Directors, Washington D.C. Hebrew Congregation (2012 - present)
U.S. Army Recruiter and Career Counselor and Textile Care Plant Manager and
Chief Of
Environmental Management Service Veterans
Affairs Medical Center
U.S. Army Recruiter and Career Counselor and Textile Care Plant Manager and
Chief Of
Environmental Management Service - Department of Veterans
Affairs
The Grand Prix of Real Estate Awards program represents outstanding achievement in construction, design and
environmental consciousness and was presented to Susan Hayes Gordon, Lurie Children's Senior Vice President,
Chief Marketing and External
Affairs Officer during a breakfast and building tour on Wednesday November 11.