Conference Speakers

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Bill McKibben

Environmental Journalist, Founder of 350.org
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Dr. James Hansen

Renowned Climate Scientist
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Rep. John Larson

Member of U.S. Congress (D, CT), Democratic Caucus Chair
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Rep. Bob Inglis

Member of U.S. Congress (R, SC)
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Rep. Bob Filner

Member of U.S. Congress (D, CA)
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Rep. Jim McDermott

Member of U.S. Congress (D, WA)
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Dr. Gary Yohe

Wesleyan Prof. of Economics, U.N. IPCC Author

Dr. Elaine C. Kamarck

U.S. Climate Task Force

Juliet B. Schor

Boston College Prof. of Sociology; Author, The Overworked American
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Bill Shireman

Future 500, President and CEO
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Richard Littlemore

Climate Journalist, DeSmogBlog.com

Frank Ackerman

Economist, Stockholm Environment Institute, Tufts University

Dan Lashof

Natural Resources Defense Council, Director of Climate Center
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Dr. Barry Chernoff

Wesleyan College of the Environment, Director

Craig Altemose

Students for a Just and Stable Future, Co-Founder

Katie MacDonald

Students for a Just and Stable Future, Director
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Cecil Corbin-Mark

WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Deputy Director
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Tim DeChristopher

Peaceful Uprising, Director
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow

The Shalom Center, Director
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Dr. Brent Blackwelder

Friends of the Earth, President Emeritus
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Prof. Janet Milne

Environmental Tax Policy Institute, VT Law School

Michelle Chan

Friends of the Earth, Senior Policy Analyst

Peter Barnes

Originator of Sky Trust; “Cap-and-Dividend” advocate
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Rev. Vernon Williams

Perfect Peace Ministry, Harlem

Nathan Richardson

Resources for the Future, Visiting Scholar

Laura Bonham

Progressive Democrats of America, Deputy Director
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Allan Zabel

Public Sector Environmental Lawyer

Marshall Saunders

Citizens Climate Lobby, Founder
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Laurie Williams

Public Sector Environmental Lawyer

Ted Glick

Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Policy Director
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Janet Larsen

Director of Research, Earth Policy Institute
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James Handley

Carbon Tax Center, Senior Policy Analyst
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Charles Komanoff

Carbon Tax Center, Director
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Bill Snape

Center for Biological Diversity, Senior Counsel

Tom Stokes

Climate Crisis Coalition, Coordinator

Father Paul Mayer

Climate Crisis Coalition, Co-founder

Steve Valk

Citizens Climate Lobby, Director of Communications
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Daphne Wysham

Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies

Marc Eisner

Professor of Government, Wesleyan University

Ibrahim Abdil-Mu'id Ramey

Human and Civil Rights Division of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, Director