Dear Friends, As you all know, this week, President Obama nominated Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
*This is big news. She’s a veteran clean air advocate and her nomination shows that the President is serious about adopting scientific solutions to public health, environmental and climate challenges.* But this is not enough. There are still people out there who say “Man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” Senator Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) The C2C Fellows Network and the Bard Center for Environmental Policy will host A National Conversation on Democracy and Climate<http://blogs.bard.edu/theislandpresident> on April 17th. The nation will discuss how political corruption and climate stalemate leads to comments designed to keep oil in business. Join us and help change the conversation. Sign up<https://crm.orionondemand.com/crm/forms/B00z4max7A70x6700nCK> to host a screening of *The Island President* and to participate in our international webinar. Like us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/492659480780601/>! Encourage your local places of worship, city council board, community advisory council, businesses and schools to sign up<https://crm.orionondemand.com/crm/forms/B00z4max7A70x6700nCK> and join our INTERNATIONAL event. Visit our event site <http://blogs.bard.edu/theislandpresident/press/> and download, print, and display *The Island President* event posters. Write a blog post on your blog. Here is a sample<http://www.bard.edu/cep/blog/?p=4051> that we have already done! Together we can prepare for and prevent the worst effects of climate change. This conversation is a starting point -- an opportunity to engage with your peers and colleagues across the country and to help build a network dedicated to separating oil and democracy. Together, we can make that happen. Jess Scott C2C Fellows Workshop Facilitator Bard Center for Environmental Policy www.c2cfellows.org Ph: (845) 752-4514
