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Alex Rudee
March 18, 2019March 15, 2019 Alex Rudeealumni, students

My top 3 tips for environmental job hunting

With job hunt season at the Nicholas School upon us, here are three tips for environmental job hunting.

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Alex Rudee
January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 Alex Rudeealumni, climate, energy, environmental policy, sustainability

Besides the Shutdown, 2019 is Looking Bright (and Green) for D.C.

If you push past the national headlines, you start to realize that Washington, D.C., is going into 2019 with all cylinders firing on environmental progress.

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Alex Rudee
November 27, 2018November 26, 2018 Alex Rudeeclimate, EEP, environmental policy

(Mid)westward Expansion: Election Paves Way for U.S. Climate Alliance growth

Finally, the dust from the 2018 midterm election has settled. The general wisdom is that the returns were mixed for proponents of environmental and climate change policy. Here are a few key takeaways.

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Alex Rudee
October 23, 2018 Alex Rudeeclimate, EEP, energy, environmental policy

I-1631: Washington State’s Ticket to Climate Leadership

Putting a fair price on carbon pollution is exactly what my home state of Washington has a chance to do this November, as voters decide whether to enact Initiative 1631.

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Alex Rudee
September 18, 2018 Alex Rudeealumni, climate, conservation, environmental policy, forests, sustainability

Land Ahoy: A New Frontier for Climate Action

The most underrated tool in the fight against climate change might just be right under your feet. That’s right: land is storing epic amounts of carbon that could otherwise warm the atmosphere. It’s sequestered inContinue reading

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Alex Rudee
August 14, 2018 Alex Rudeeclimate, energy, environmental policy

No Country for Clean Cars

In light of this assault on an environmental policy that did its job, what can a despairing environmentalist do?

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Alex Rudee
July 18, 2018 Alex Rudeeclimate, students

How to Teach Climate Change in Trump Country: Perspectives from a New York Times Reporter

How do you convince stalwart supporters of Donald Trump that climate change is real? That was the question that James Sutter struggled to answer when he accepted a position as a high-school science teacher inContinue reading

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Alex Rudee
June 5, 2018 Alex Rudeeclimate, conservation, EEP, forests, students

Carbon Offsets for Conservation

Because many carbon offset projects relate to forests, wetlands and other natural land uses, they also may provide a significant benefit in some areas for conservation of land and ecosystems. My Master’s Project looked to find what role carbon offsets play in promoting conservation in North Carolina.

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Alex Rudee
April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 Alex Rudeeclimate, conservation, EEP, environmental policy, forests, students, travel

Farms and Forests: the Future of Federal Climate Policy?

What will it take to reduce our national greenhouse gas emissions by 80% in 2050? That is a question I’ve been grappling with all year as part of Duke’s Bass Connections program, an initiative thatContinue reading

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Alex Rudee
March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 Alex Rudeeconservation, EEP, environmental policy

The conservation law that everyone loves could soon be gone

The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a political unicorn. At a time when the environment ranks as the most polarizing issue in Washington, LWCF (a mouthful of an acronym for the Fund) is overflowingContinue reading

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About Alex

Alex Rudee (MEM ’18) works at the intersection of land conservation and climate change policy. He studied Environmental Economics and Policy at the Nicholas School. Read More >

About this blog

“There are no silver bullets” in the fight against climate change, Bill McKibben wrote in a 2006 op-ed, “only silver buckshot.” In Silver Buckshot, Alex highlights some of those environmental solutions, large and small, that show how we can all make a difference for the planet.

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