Al
Gore former vice-president and Global
Warming Cassandra has emerged as a truly dedicated civil servant
in his relentless push for policy change on Climate Change.
His slide show on Global Warming has been made into the film
and book AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
Sir
David King
"climate change is the most severe problem we are facing
today - more serious even than the threat of terrorism"
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Rick
Piltz
a coordinator for the federal climate change program who
blew the whistle on Bush Aide Phil Cooney for altering climate
reports. After leaving the administration in protest, Piltz
started the website ClimateScienceWatch.org
to counter the misinformation disseminated by the delayers
and deniers. Listen
to Plitz on Air America January 20, 2007 |
John
Adams President
of the National
Resources Defense Council, a highly effective organization
that litigates on behalf of Mother Earth. Join NRDC
today!
Joe Romm Author of HELL AND HIGH WATER and STRAIGHT UP, Romm is blogging at climateprogress.org, an essential destination for all climate news.
Thomas
Friedman
NY Times Op-Ed columnist who betrayed progressives with his
support for the war in Iraq, has since produced an impressive
array of editorials addressing alternative energy, the politics
of oil and global warming. In his new capacity as environmental
activist, he hosted the Discovery Chanel program Addicted
to Oil.
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Body
Builder, Movie star, Governator, Environmental reformer. Defied
his party in 2006 to establish tough emissions standards for
California and revived his floundering popularity. Now a posterboy
for environmentalism.
Laurie
David Environmental activist
and producer of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH and TOO HOT TOO HANDLE.
Founder of StopGlobalWarming.org.
Willie
Nelson
In
2004, Nelson and his wife Annie became partners with Bob and
Kelly King in the building of two Pacific Bio diesel Plants.
In 2005 Nelson founded Bio
Willie a company that markets bio fuel to truck stops. Watch
Willie Nelson and Jack Johnson talking about bio diesel.
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Amory
Lovins Founder
of the Rocky
Mountain Institute whose stated goal is to foster "the
efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world
secure, just, prosperous and life-sustaining." Dealing
with companies as diverse as Walmart and the Department
of Defense, Lovins has design energy solutions that save
energy and money. Says Lovins: "I don't do problems.
I do solutions."
VIEW LOVINS: We Must Win The Oil Endgame |
Leonardo
DiCaprio
Actor
and Activist, host of the Global Warming website LeonardoDiCaprio.org
and writer/producer of the forthcoming documentary 11TH
HOUR, "A look at the state of the global environment
including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the
planet's ecosystems."
Greg
Nickels
has been the Mayor of Seattle, Washington since 2002. He spearheaded
the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, an accord between
over 600 US cities committed to reducing greenhouse emissions.
He has won numerous awards for his leadership in battling Climate
Change.
The
Clinton Foundation The
Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) is working with the C40
Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, an association of large
cities dedicated to tackling climate change—to develop
and implement a range of actions that will accelerate greenhouse
gas emissions reductions.
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Heroes and Warriors
Rolling Stone Magazine lays out its own list of Global Warming
front-liners.
(published November 2005)
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