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Gloria Flora
Agriculture, Forestry & Waste Management

Ms. Flora established and directs Sustainable Obtainable Solutions, an organization dedicated to the sustainability of public lands and of the plants, animals, and communities that depend on them. In her 23-year career with the U.S. Forest Service, supervising the largest national forest in the continental U.S., she became nationally known for her cutting edge work in ecosystem management and the integration of the human dimension into environmental policy. She has received many awards from conservation, educational, policy, and civic organizations, including the Natural Resources Council of America. Her work has been featured in Sunset Magazine; Vanity Fair; Audubon; National Public Radio (NPR); NOW with Bill Moyers; and in numerous newspapers, documentaries, and books. She also appears in Leonardo DiCaprio's film on the environment, The 11th Hour. Ms. Flora holds a Bachelor of Science degree in landscape architecture from Pennsylvania State University.
Climate News

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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