Written by Meredith Murray (Master’s in Environmental Policy Candidate 2015) Driving into the Lake Tahoe Basin you are surrounded by sapphire blue water varying in colors and parts of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It is no wonder why they call the lake “the Jewel of the Sierras”. Lake Tahoe …
By: Anne Lapera VAEIC Policy Internship With the implementation of the new 111d regulations and President Obama’a call for a 30% reduction in emissions many states are at a crossroad. Section 111d of the Clean Air Act “requires EPA to develop regulations for categories of sources which cause or …
What Skills Do You Need to Work in Sustainability? Written by and posted on behalf of Rochelle March (Master’s in Environmental Policy and MBA in Sustainability Candidate 2015) I remember visiting a college friend in Switzerland after my first year of undergraduate school, where we mutually declared, “I just want …
Keystone XL and divestment: Building an effective climate campaign by: Brett Sykes Recently, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy’s national climate seminar series hosted divestment campaign manager Jay Carmona and digital campaigner Duncan Meisel to talk about 350.org’s ongoing effort to fight global warming. Together 350.org’s national divestment campaign …
Innovation: The Power of Gender Equality in Environmental Sustainability By Sara Gendel, MS ‘15 Climate change affects everyone, even though the stakes are unequal across societal groups such as region, class, and gender. This inequality creates unsustainable economies, societies, political structures, and environmental management, especially for those living in …
Melting Arctic Ice and Methane Gas Bubbles: Is this the final countdown to global warming? By: Shelly John and Meredith Murray This week on National Climate Seminar (NCS) at Bard Center for Environmental Policy, we spoke with David Archer, a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department …
A Tip of the Hat to California’s Cap By: Anne Lapera In 2013 California initiated its groundbreaking cap and trade system as one mechanism to mitigate greenhouses gas (GHG) emissions produced in the state. Despite predictions by opponents of the cap and trade system and the broader California Global …
I am here back in the United States after spending six months in Turkey. I was an intern at a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project about improving energy efficiency in industry. It is not going to be easy to write about my experiences in Turkey while sitting in my …
Green Tea, Georgia Style A New Brew of Bipartisanship By Andrew Bonanno MS’15 and Jeremy Cherson MS’15 It’s election season 2012 and Colleen Kiernan, chapter director of the Georgia Sierra Club, is battling a bill that would limit the right to protest in the Peach State. A broad coalition …
I come from the scenic Hudson Valley of New York State with a rich and inspiring history of environmental litigation in the name of conservation. It was there, at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, that I was inspired to pursue my interest in environmental law. After completing my first …
