Carl Pope

Former Executive Director of the Sierra Club

Strategic Advisor to Michael Bloomberg

Carl Pope, a veteran leader in the environmental movement, is the former executive director and chairman of the Sierra Club. He’s now the principal advisor at Inside Straight Strategies, looking for the underlying economics that link sustainability and economic development, and serves as a senior climate advisor to former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He has served on the boards of the California League of Conservation Voters, Public Voice, the National Clean Air Coalition, California Common Cause, Public Interest Economics Inc., and Zero Population Growth. Pope is also the author of three books: “Sahib, An American Misadventure in India”, “Hazardous Waste in America”, and “Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress.”

Debates Featuring Carl Pope

Climate Change: The EPA Has Gone Overboard

With Jody Freeman, Charles McConnell, Michael Nasi, Carl Pope

September 7, 2016

Reducing carbon emissions is clearly good for the environment but often imposes substantial costs. The costs are most obvious when coal companies go bankrupt, but can affect everyone indirectly through higher energy costs, slower economic growth, reduced employment, and lower business profits. Has the Environmental Protection Agency considered the costs and benefits of its regulatory mandates fairly and appropriately? Is its Clean Power Plan a bold initiative to reduce carbon pollution at power plants, or an unconstitutional usurpation of power?

Climate Change: The EPA Has Gone Overboard

With Jody Freeman, Charles McConnell, Michael Nasi, Carl Pope

September 7, 2016

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Climate Change: The EPA Has Gone Overboard

Climate Change: The EPA Has Gone Overboard

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