The Harvard Gazette

Cristine Russell

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For more than a decade, Anthony Leiserowitz has been conducting polls to gauge the country’s attitude toward environmental issues. He spoke at a Harvard Kennedy School seminar called “Climate Change in the American Mind.”

A national perspective on climate change

Yale’s Leiserowitz brings polling data to HKS seminar

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DateMarch 13, 2014

Panelists at the Kennedy School believe the ongoing debate over climate change is a matter of politics, not science. “It’s a story about government regulation, about organizations that take a position against government’s role in the marketplace,” said Naomi Oreskes (center), a history of science professor at Harvard. Oreskes was joined by Peter Frumhoff of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Suzanne Goldenberg of The Guardian.

Science vs. politics

Kennedy School panelists scrutinize climate change denial

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DateFebruary 14, 2014

Harvard Professor William C. Clark (standing), an environmental scientist who moderated the panel, introduced
Leslie Carothers (from left), former president of the Environmental Law Institute; Neil C. Hawkins, Dow’s vice president for sustainability and environment, health, and safety; and Glenn T. Prickett, external affairs officer for the Nature Conservancy.

Putting a price on nature

Unusual partnership leads to promising environmental shifts, wins Roy Family Award

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DateOctober 10, 2013May 20, 2019