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• 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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  about others that have been recnetly lost.

• What These Top Celebs Have in Common5 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:

  Click now to see who
  they are, from Greener Ideal.

• 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 ChangeIntroducing 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?