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<< Back To Team Michelle Wyman Senior Advisor Ms. Wyman has worked with regional and local governments and their constituencies for more than 15 years to develop both strategic and tactical solutions to their climate change mitigation and adaptation challenges. Her areas of expertise include climate protection, sustainable development, environmental management systems, and environmental policy and law. Most recently, Ms Wyman served as Executive Director of ICLEI USA for six years, and led its transformation to a nationally-recognized organization working with more than 600 U.S. local governments. Additionally, Ms. Wyman served as the International Climate Director for ICLEI Global, leading local governments in international forums including the World Bank, United Nations, and other multilateral institutions. Prior experience includes serving as the Natural Resources Director for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and establishing a public-sector practice focused on climate protection and sustainable development for Reed Smith LLP, based in Washington, D.C. Ms. Wyman has a master's degree in public administration from New York University and an International Diploma in urban ecology and sustainable development from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Obama Gets a Menu of Climate Actions He Can Take Without Congress
President Obama could invoke strong climate policies, like gasoline carbon limits, without congressional input before world leaders convene this fall to negotiate an international global warming treaty, a research group says in a plan provided to the administration.

Whitman & Peterson: Climate Bill Should Top the Congress’ To-Do List
As Congress approaches the August recess, our economy, energy and environmental security needs still top the to-do list of the president and Congress. This summer the Center for Climate Strategies and the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition have outlined how Congress can put a national strategy in place that gets all three on the same page: by passing comprehensive national climate change and energy policy that reflects our best policy options for immediate action.

New Climate and Energy Policies Could Create 2.5 Million Jobs, Hold Down Energy Costs
July 22, 2010 -- New greenhouse gas emissions and energy policies at the Federal level could generate as many as 2.5 million new jobs and $134 billion in economic activity in the U.S. while keeping energy costs down, according to a new report from the Center for Climate Strategies, published with Johns Hopkins University.

Colorado legislature raises state RES, move seen creating jobs
A coalition of stakeholders who worked on the Colorado Climate Panel's were critical to the new legislation’s passage. Since investor-owned utilities supply 60% of Colorado’s electricity, this implements most of the Panel recommendation (adopted by the Governor) on renewable energy standards (RES).
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