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February 17, 2023

• Meet the Activists

• • Hazel Henderson, Groundbreaking Environmentalist, Dies at 89

  A Self-Taught Apostle of the Green Econ-
  omy and Socially Responsible Investing,
  She Taught Her Followers to Act Locally
  
  

  May 27, 2022 -Hazel Henderson, a self-taught environmentalist and futurist who became an apostle of the green economy and of socially responsible investing, and who popularized the slogan “think globally, act locally,” died — or “went virtual,” as she would have put it — on Sunday at her home in St. Augustine, Fla. She was 89.

• • Paul Crutzen, Climate Change Figher, Dies at 87

  He Was a Nobel Laureate
  Who Named Our Age "The Anthopocene"

  Feb. 4, 2021 (NY Times Climate Forward)-Paul J. Crutzen, a Dutch scientist who earned a Nobel Prize for work that warned the world about the threat of chemicals to the planet’s ozone layer and who went on to push for action against global warming, died on Jan. 28 in Mainz, Germany.

  Martin Stratmann, the president of the Max Planck Society, said in a statement that Dr. Crutzen’s work had led to the ban on ozone-depleting chemicals, “a hitherto unique example of how Nobel Prize-winning basic research can directly lead to a global political decision.”

• • Mario Molina, Who Made Key
  Climate Change Finding, Dies at 77

  The Nobel-winning Chemist
  Discovered that CFCs Were Responsible
  For a Thinning Ozone Layer

  (NBC News), Oct. 8, 2020 -Mario Molina, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1995 and the only Mexican scientist to be honored with a Nobel, died Wednesday in his native Mexico City. He was 77 years old.

  Molina’s family announced his death in a brief statement through the institute that carried his name. It did not give a cause of death.

  He won the prize along with scientists Frank Sherwood Rowland of the United States and Paul Crutzen of the Netherlands for their research into climate change.

  Molina and Rowland published a paper in 1974 that saw the thinning of the ozone layer as a consequence of chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, chemicals used in a range of products.

• • The Green Cowboy, Dies at 94

  S. David Freeman, 94, Tireless
  Advocate for Clean Energy, Dies

  May 17, 2020 (NY Times Climate Forward- S. David Freeman, a folksy but driven “green cowboy” who worked in energy policy under three presidents, ran some of the nation’s largest public utilities and pushed for renewable energy, died on Tuesday in Reston, Va. He was 94.

  The cause was a heart attack, his son Stan said.

  Mr. Freeman combined a deep understanding of energy issues with a passion for renewable energy and conservation. He also had a prescient early focus on reducing global warming.

• • Sounder of Alarm on Climate Change, Dies at 88

  John Houghton, Who Sounded Alarm
  on Climate Change, Dies at 88

  Aprl 23, 2019 (NY Times Climate Forward- John Houghton, a climate scientist and influential figure in the United Nations panel that brought the threat of climate change to the world’s attention and received a Nobel Prize, died on April 15 in Dolgellau, Wales. He was 88.

  The cause was complications of the novel coronavirus, according to his granddaughter Hannah Malcolm, who announced the death, at a hospital.

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• • What These Top Celebs Have in Common

  5 Top Celebrity Champions
  for Green Living

  Sept. 4, 2018 -The press churns out stories of parties, marriages, fundraisers, and awards.

  The rest of the world stands in awestruck fascination but we rarely fixate on their contributions to the natural world unless they are Jane Goodall or David Attenborough.

  Here are five top celebrities doing good for all things green:

• • Schwarzenegger Vs. Trump on Climate

  Schwarzenegger Unveils Legislative'Blueprint'
  to ChallengeTrump on Climate

  Aug. 4, 2017 - Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump's anti-climate polices, helped launch a comprehensive online database today to help local and state lawmakers advance environmental legislation

  "I'm pumped to unveil the Environmental Digital Legislative Handbook today, a resource for legislators around the country to find the blueprints on policies for energy efficiency, reducing pollution, recycling—you name it," Schwarzenegger announced on Facebook.

• • Big Business Names to Fight Climate Change

  Introducing the
  Breakthrough Energy Coalition

  The world needs widely available energy that is reliable, affordable and does not produce carbon. The only way to accomplish that goal is by developing new tools to power the world. That innovation will result from a dramatically scaled up public research pipeline linked to truly patient, flexible investments committed to developing the technologies that will create a new energy mix.

  The Breakthrough Energy Coalition is working together with a growing group of visionary countries who are significantly increasing their public research pipeline through the Mission Innovation initiative to make that future a reality

• • More Reasons to Love DiCaprio

  $40 Million More Reasons
  to Love Leonardo DiCaprio

  July 24, 2015 -The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) raised a staggering $40 million to protect endangered species and help preserve the environment at the actor and environmentalist’s second annual fundraising gala in St. Tropez, France.

• • Keeping Up With a Great Man of Science

  Alexander von Humboldt:
  a Forgotten Man of Science

  Oct. 17, 2016 - The revered scientist and beloved public figure during his lifetime was first to show the linkages within ecosystems. So why doesn’t anyone remember him?