Clinton Global Initiative Opening Plenary (10-10:30am) via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Leading New Energy Leaders Speak at Democratic National Convention via It's Getting Hot In Here
Flanked by Majora Carter, Jessy Tolkan, Billy Parish, and Kal Penn, Erica Williams of Campus Progress kicked off today’s College Democrats of America’s panel on climate change at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO.
A more accomplished panel speaking on behalf of the youth climate movement would be near impossible to put together. (photo right: Kal Penn signing the Power Vote pledge)
The panelists began by speaking a bit about their personal stories which led to their work in the clean energy movement. It was a particularly poignant and important starting point as it provides the backbone for the extraordinary nature of what the panelists are doing throughout the United States.
Billy Parish – a co-founder of Energy Action Coalition – described the point at which he... Energy Action’s Jessy Tolkan on Al Jazeera’s Inside USA: “America’s Real Black Gold” via It's Getting Hot In Here
Brianna and I were stoked this week to get a piece back from Al Jazeera’s “Inside USA,” featuring Energy Action executive director Jessy Tolkan talking about America’s dependence on coal.
The Inside USA team traveled to the coal mines of Illinois to look at the personalities and the politics behind the fossil fuel. Half of America’s electricity is generated by coal; an amount that produces 40 percent of the country’s greenhouse gases. With this in mind, advocates - including those those taking part in Power Vote - have joined leading climate scientists in calling for a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants, saying that addressing global warming means addressing America’s dependence on coal as a top priority.
Juxtaposed to the proposed...