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Os-2016-00220 From: Brooks Yeager To: Arnaudo, Raymond V; Betsy Baker; Rupa Balasubramanian; Ragnar Baldursson; Scott Barrett ([email protected]); John Bennett; [email protected]; [email protected]; Svante Bodin; Buff Bohlen (b) (6) ; Knobesholm - (b) (6); Andrew Bowman; Paul Brainerd ((b) (6) Charlotte Breide; Lawson Brigham ([email protected]); David Brooks (David [email protected]); Lester Brown ([email protected]); Jason Burnett (b) (6) Scott Burns ([email protected]); Meaghan Calcari; [email protected]; Tom Campion ([email protected]); Robert Canning ([email protected]); [email protected]; Terry (Stuart) Chapin ([email protected]); Dorothy Childers ([email protected]); Joel Clement (joel [email protected]); Patricia Cochran ([email protected]); Bob Correll ([email protected]); Kathleen Cravero;Corbeau Iqaluit - (b) (6) John Crump ([email protected]); Cunningham, Paul M (OES); Coral Davenport ([email protected]); Betsy Davidson (b) (6) Peter Davidson (b) (6) Laura Davis (laura [email protected]); Ron and Joan Decker (b) (6) ; Del Langbauer (b) (6) Reid Detchon ([email protected]); Mike Dombeck ([email protected]); Bill Eichbaum ([email protected]); Juliet Eilperin ([email protected]); [email protected]; Elton, Kim; Lynn Englum (b) (6) Terry Fenge (b) (6) Michael Finley ([email protected]); Katherine Foster ([email protected]); Chuck Fox ([email protected]); Amy Fraenkel ([email protected]); Steve Ganey (b) (6) "Eric Gimon"; Kristina Gjerde ([email protected]); Vgolitsyn - (b) (6) Sherri Goodman ([email protected]); David Gordon (b) (6) Wade Greene ([email protected]); Tim Greyhavens ([email protected]); Jenny Grimm; Maria-Victoria Gunnarsdottir ([email protected]); Arlin Hackman ([email protected]); Paul Hagen ([email protected]); [email protected]; Rasmus Hansson ((b) (6) Richard Harris ([email protected]); Adrianne Harrison; Denis Hayes ([email protected]); Peter Hayes ([email protected]); Eric Heitz ([email protected]); Anne Henshaw ([email protected]); Scott Highleyman ([email protected]); Timothy Hodges ([email protected]); Alf Hakon Hoel; John Holdren - (b) (6) [email protected]; Carol Hoover; John Hunting ([email protected]); Tony Janetos ([email protected]); Jim Leape ([email protected]); Kerri-Ann Jones ([email protected]); Eric Jorgensen ([email protected]); Norma Kassi (b) (6) [email protected]; Ann Krumboltz ([email protected]); Leonardo Lacerda ([email protected]); Ed Lewis (b) (6) ; Larry Linden ([email protected]); Joe Linklater ([email protected]); Princesslucaj - (b) (6) Connie Mahan ([email protected]); Dan Martin ([email protected]); Dawn Martin ([email protected]); Bob Massie ([email protected]); [email protected]; Molly McUsic ([email protected]); Mark Mellman ([email protected]); Andreas Merkl ([email protected]); Alan Mintz ([email protected]); David Monsma ([email protected]); [email protected]; Fred Munson ([email protected]); Jay Nelson ([email protected]); John Nordgren ([email protected]); Doug Norlen; Michael Northrop ([email protected]); Conn Nugent ([email protected]); Tim Olson ([email protected]); Robin O"Malley ([email protected]); Sian Owen ([email protected]); Buck Parker ([email protected]); Arthur Paterson ([email protected]); [email protected]; Erich Pica; John Podesta ([email protected]); Anne Polansky (b) (6) ; [email protected]; Peter Prokosch; Bill Reilly ([email protected]); Sioban Reyes ([email protected]); Dan Ritzman ([email protected]); Bud Rock (b) (6) [email protected]; Donald Ross; sabinandy- (b) (6) Tatiana Saksina ([email protected]); Darren Samuelsohn; David Sandalow ([email protected]); Roger Sant ([email protected]); [email protected]; Amy Scanlon ([email protected]); "Marcus Schneider"; David Secord (b) (6) ; Robert Semple ([email protected]); Karen Senhadji (karen [email protected]); Stan Senner ([email protected]); A.S. Shestakov - (b) (6) Mark Shields (b) (6) [email protected]; [email protected]; Cameron Smith; Samantha Smith (b) (6) ; Ted Smith ([email protected]); Lisa Speer ([email protected]); Katrina Stanislaw; Achim Steiner ([email protected]); [email protected]; Rodion Sulyandziga ([email protected]); Nancy Sutley - (b) (6) "Steve Toben"; Ana Unruh Cohen (b) (6) David Van Hoogstraten ([email protected]); Joby Warrick; "[email protected]"; Sheila Watt-Cloutier ([email protected]); Cynthia Wayburn ([email protected]); Tim Wirth ([email protected]); Heather Zichal (b) (6) ; Angel Braestrup; Anne Henshaw; Conn Nugent; David Secord; Fred Munson ([email protected]); Jenny Grimm; Joshua Reichert; Kathleen Welch (b) (6) Katie Eckman; Leslie Harroun ([email protected]); Lisa Monzon; Marilyn Heiman (b) (6) ; Meaghan Calcari; Michael Finley ([email protected]); Rhea Suh ([email protected]); David Balton ([email protected]); Julie Gourley ([email protected]); Adam Markham; Andy Rosenberg; Arlin Hackman ([email protected]); "Armond Cohen"; Bill Eichbaum ([email protected]); David Monsma ([email protected]); John Bennett; Lisa Speer ([email protected]); Rafe Pomerance; Scott Hajost ([email protected]); Stan Senner ([email protected]); Tatiana Saksina Cc: Barbara Elkus; Jim Zinko; Jane / Xan Alexander (b) (6) ; [email protected]; Frances Beinecke ([email protected]); Kenneth Berlin ([email protected]); Ilona Bessenyey; Rosina Bierbaum ([email protected]); Barbara Best ([email protected]); Robert Bindschadler ([email protected]); Sue Biniasz ([email protected]); Deborah Bleviss ([email protected]); Patricia Bliss-Guest ([email protected]); David Blockstein ([email protected]); Dan Bodansky ([email protected]); Stewart Boyle ([email protected]); Peter Bridgewater ([email protected]); Kenneth Brill ([email protected]); Michele Brown ([email protected]); Sharon Buccino ([email protected]); Tom Burke ([email protected]); Stephen Caldwell ([email protected]); Calestous Juma (Calestous Juma/FS/KSG%[email protected]); Deb Callahan ([email protected]); Bonnie Carroll ([email protected]); Chavarria, Gabriela; Aimee Christensen ([email protected]); Jamie Clark ([email protected]); Eileen Claussen ([email protected]); Chuck Clusen ([email protected]); "Armond Cohen"; Bonnie Cohen (b) (6) Tom Collier ([email protected]); Connors, Celeste A.; Ken Cook David Alberswerth ([email protected]); Joseph Aldy ([email protected]) Subject: "Sad to say, I"m on my way..." Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:05:40 AM Importance: High “.. won’t be back for many a day, My heart is down, My head is turning around, I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.” “Jamaica Farewell,” Harry Belafonte, Carnegie Hall, 1958. ** Dear Friends and Colleagues, As I have mentioned to several of you already, Friday will be my last day with Clean Air-Cool Planet. It’s been a real pleasure working with all of you. I believe, given the overall fundraising environment and the challenge that CA-CP has faced in raising unrestricted revenue, that the decision of the Board and the Executive Director to wind down CA-CP's policy effort and to close our Washington office and to focus the group's future work on our national campus emissions reduction and the Northeast regional adaptation effort makes a good deal of sense. I am proud of the policy work we’ve done together over the last five years. Given CA-CP's modest size and even more modest resources, I think I can say that we consistently punched above our weight. We helped create one of the world’s leading-edge energy research efforts – ARPA-E. We pioneered and developed an effective regional approach to climate change adaptation, and have helped key communities, such as Portland and Bridgeport, to tackle their climate vulnerabilities. With the 2009 Hipboot Tour, we helped put sea-level rise on the national agenda. We developed and advocated economically-efficient approaches to reduce CO2 emissions nationally. We convinced the international policy community of the threat of black carbon and short-lived climate forcers, and helped launch the first intergovernmental effort to reduce SLCF emissions, working through the Arctic Council. With valuable partners such as Pacific Environment, we made black carbon and agricultural fire a top-priority for Russian conservationists. Working with Clean Air-Task Force here at home, we revived the effort to reduce black carbon from our diesel fleets through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. And last but not least, working with our partners at WWF and NRDC, we initiated an international dialogue on the governance and management of the Arctic Ocean, which is being transformed by the twin forces of climate change and globalization. From: Swift, Anthony To: steve [email protected]; ned [email protected]; david [email protected]; lawrence [email protected]; ryan [email protected]; willie [email protected]; rhea [email protected]; karen [email protected] Subject: Business leaders call for rejection of Keystone XL and other updates Date: Thursday, April 03, 2014 12:54:30 PM Greetings, I wanted to make sure you were aware of a letter signed by over 200 business leaders - including executives at Apple, Oracle, Facebook,
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