In August, our Engagement Director Angela Larck attended a climate conference at which she ran into today’s guest, Lexi Shultz, whom I used to know back in my days working on Capitol Hill. Angela reconnected me with Lexi, who currently serves as vice president of public affairs at AGU, a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in the Earth and space sciences.
I know I’m jinxing it, but I’m so pleased with cool nights and mornings and bright sunny days with low humidity. I even wore a sweater the other day but don’t worry, I’m not ready to make the wardrobe switchout yet!
She’s back…
It’s September, which means we are almost at National Clean Energy Week, September 15-19th with both in person and virtual events. And Heather Reams is here to preview it for us, as well as discuss the challenges ahead and what she’s optimistic about in the clean energy front.
I’m back and I have one question: are we in fake fall? I think we are… I’m trying very hard to moderate my excitement. I’m not putting my summer clothes away. I’m not pulling my sweaters out. But I am sleeping with the windows open, leaving the AC off, and am feeling refreshed! Here’s hoping summer days are behind us!
When “near-term science fiction” author Raj Agrawal reached out to pitch himself as a guest for the show, I was immediately intrigued. A novel that shows a technology that sounds realistic (but isn’t *yet* invented, with the emphasis on yet) to save humanity from climate change? Sign me up!
This time next week, I will be enjoying a lobster roll from my favorite place, The Clam Shack in Kennebunk, Maine. And I hope you will likewise be enjoying the last throes of summer because I am giving you back the time you’d normally spend reading this update. There will be no Week En Review next week, but try not to miss me too much!
Moving on to the episode of the week, let me introduce you to Corey Kerkela, president of the Rotary Club of Vero Beach Oceanside in Florida and chairperson for the Fellowship of the Trees, an rotarian organization whose mission is to connect communities by combining purposeful intention with action to re-wild, regenerate, and restore land and culture, ensuring a thriving Earth for future generations.
Here I am, holding down the proverbial EcoRight fort while Bob Inglis and Angela Larck enjoy some family time on vacation. T minus 13 for my own short getaway in the land of lobster, blueberries, cooler nights, and sea breezes.
For this week’s show, we spoke with David Kieve, the head of EDF Action, the campaign arm of the Environmental Defense Fund. This is the first time we have featured a representative of the environmental community on the show, and we were strategic about the choice. E
I get almost as many out of office auto replies this month as I do in December, so I’m anticipating seeing many such messages in my inbox after this goes out. I hope wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, you are seeing some amazing sites and making time for relaxation.
Political strategist and the Alexander Hamilton of the EcoRight, Mary Anna Mancuso was our most prolific writer of op-eds, published over 50 times in 2024 alone. At the end of last year, she was hired full time by the Miami Herald as a member of the Editorial Board team.
August means many things to me. Recess (A holdover from my long ago Senate Staffer Era.) Hot weather. (Can it please stay like the forcast in the DMV for the next few days?) Both my brother and my sister’s birthdays. (One Leo and one Virgo.) And of course, at the end of the month, it means a brief respite in my home state of Maine. I’m already counting down the days. (26, in case you’re curious…)