Tag: Gina McCarthy

  • Science & Tech

    U.S. clean energy transition soon ‘to be on steroids’

    Former Biden climate adviser Gina McCarthy brings insider’s view of status of battle against warming to Smith Center

    6–8 minutes
    Gina McCarthy and James Stock.
  • Nation & World

    After world leaders depart, hard talks begin at COP26

    Emilly Fan ’22, reporting from Glasgow, describes pledges and coalitions, mitigation and adaptation, taking to the streets and fringe music fests.

    4–6 minutes
    Protesters march through Glasgow during COP26.
  • Nation & World

    What weighed on us in 2019? ‘Climate emergency’

    Harvard faculty reflect on 2019’s word of the year: “climate emergency.”

    8–12 minutes
    Protestors marching, holding a large banner and signs.
  • Campus & Community

    Global strike comes to Harvard

    Harvard students and those from Cambridge public schools joined their voices in a rally calling for climate change action Friday on Harvard’s Science Center Plaza.

    3–5 minutes
    Gina McCarthy speaks at Climate Rally
  • Health

    Sparking a national debate

    Environmental protection is not a goal to achieve but a task to be undertaken by one generation and handed to the next, Gina McCarthy, the former EPA administrator and current director of Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, told the Gazette in an Earth Day interview.

    8–12 minutes
    A 1967 photograph, showing old cars used as rip-rap along the banks of the Cuyahoga to protect it from erosion is held in front of the river decades later.
  • Health

    How to feed 10 billion by midcentury

    A panel of experts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discussed how the globe might feed an estimated human population of 10 billion by midcentury and suggested a diet high in plant foods, low in red meat, as well as a host of reforms to how food is produced and distributed today.

    6–8 minutes
    Anna Sortun, David Bennell, Gina McCarthy, and Walter Willett.
  • Science & Tech

    Siding with science

    A Q&A with Gina McCarthy, former EPA administrator and current director of the Harvard Chan School’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment.

    8–11 minutes
  • Health

    Fired-up McCarthy takes leadership role at Harvard Chan School

    The Harvard Chan School relaunched its center for health and environment with a new name, a new director, and a new collaboration with Google.

    3–4 minutes
  • Health

    Fighting words from former EPA leader

    Speaking at a Climate Week symposium, former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy urged an audience of climate scientists and health experts to speak out about climate change.

    4–6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Targeting climate change

    EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on Tuesday promised that the Obama administration will “engage” on climate change issues during its last three years. Her policy speech at Harvard Law School was her first since being confirmed to the post.

    4–6 minutes