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President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 “ Share May 16, 2021 by Office of Communications Gift from Dartmouth alumni seeds a $60 million investment plan for DEI initiatives. Video of The Enduring Legacy of Dr E E Just, Dartmouth Class of 1907 PreviousNext Dartmouth today announced a gift of $20 million from Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe 81 and John Donahoe 82 to enhance the representation, success, and leadership of historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathemati...

May 10, 2021 The  Women Leaders in Sustainability Fellowship is a one-year program open to Cornell University graduate and undergraduate students designed to accelerate career and executive-leadership advancement in sustainability-related fields.   Fellows will engage in personal leadership development, mentoring & networking with acclaimed women leaders in sustainability, and be provided with a paid internship focused on designing and implementing a strategic project for cli...

On Wednesday, CBS This Morning continued its efforts to forward the left’s climate agenda when co-hosts Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil brought on leftist Avengers actor and The Solutions Project co-founder Mark Ruffalo and The Solutions Project president and CEO Gloria Walton to promote their climate change organization. Mason set up Walton to rattle off a series of social justice clichés by gushing that “ racial justice is an essential part of tackling climate change.” Mason began the...

How to implement a just energy transition? Make it local Nathaniel Smith, opinion contributor © Getty Images How to implement a just energy transition? Make it local Ever since President Biden issued a historic executive order directing 40 percent of the benefits from federal climate action to flow to disadvantaged communities, those of us on the front lines of the climate crisis have been singing its praises - the Justice40 Initiative. Weve also been concerned about its impl...

/PRNewswire/ -- The newly launched Justice40 Accelerator will support communities on the front lines of the climate crisis in accessing federal funding flowing...

Bleeding Heartland Tuesday, Feb 19 2019 Matt Chapman has attended Iowa House and Senate subcommittee meetings nearly every day. These bills were among the most significant he has tracked lately. -promoted by Laura Belin Over the past week, Iowa Senate subcommittees considered five bills drafted to address fraud in Iowa public assistance programs. Each bill would direct revenue generated by Iowa taxpayers to private vendors, who are charged with finding fraudulent claims. If investigation suppor...

Close Authorship From an ideological perspective, it’s curious that clean energy became a partisan issue. Looking at it as a technology, there is a ton to like about renewables across the political spectrum.  This hasn’t escaped political conservatives outside the beltway. A number of conservative groups champion clean energy, from the Conservative Energy Network (CEN) and Young Conservatives for Energy Reform (YCER) to the Christian Coalition for America.  As the federal government consi...

The urgency of the Black climate agenda Vox.com 7 hrs ago Jariel Arvin © Steve Sanchez/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images The Rise and Resist activist group marches to demand climate and racial justice in New York, NY, on September 20, 2020. For a long time, the face of the climate movement was a white one. But with growing public awareness of climate change came the recognition that its impacts are disproportionately experienced by Black, Indigenous, and other comm...

Steve Sanchez/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images For a long time, the face of the climate movement was white. But with growing public awareness of climate change came the recognition that its impacts are disproportionately experienced by Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color. The problem, according to many Black climate advocates, is that awareness is not enough. Tamara Toles O’Laughlin is one of the best-known advocates for what she calls the “Black climate agenda”: ...

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will address Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) scientists, organizations and funders during the upcoming BIPOC Climate Justice Dialogue 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, 2020. The day-long virtual event will provide an opportunity for climate leaders to discuss national climate goals and priorities with top administration officials and federal agency r...