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<< Back To Team 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, 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 B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Penn State.

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).

Analysis Says Energy Bill would Boost GDP, Jobs
The Clean Energy Jobs Act, recently introduced in the Wisconsin legislature, can create jobs and improve the state's economy according to a recent Center for Climate Strategies study.
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