- Barbara Boxer
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) speaks at a News conference to release principles for global warming legislation. She says that this moment marks the start of legislative efforts to become energy efficient and create millions of green jobs which will make America a leader. (1:05)
- David Bellamy
David J. Bellamy OBE (born 18 January 1933) is an English botanist, author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner, and a global warming sceptic.
- Wangari Maathai
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya is an environmental and political activist. In 2004 she became the first African woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace". Dr.
- Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. His best-known works include the novel "The Monkey Wrench Gang", which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work "Desert Solitaire". Writer Larry McMurtry referred to Abbey as the "Thoreau of the American West".
- Jeremy Rifkin
Author, activist, and philosopher Jeremy Rifkin has become one of America's leading social critics. He is the author of fourteen books on the impact of technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into fifteen languages and are used in hundreds of colleges and graduate schools around the world.
- Gaylord Nelson
Gaylord Anton Nelson was a Democratic American politician from Wisconsin. He was the principal founder of Earth Day. In 1970, he called for Congressional hearings on the safety of combined oral contraceptive pills, which were famously called "The Nelson Pill Hearings." As a result of the hearings, side-effect disclosure was required for the pill in patient inserts — the first such disclosure for a pharmaceutical drug.
- David Thomas
David S. G. Thomas is a scientist and geographer. He was born in Dover, Kent, UK in 1958. He is Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His research deals with desertification, dryland environments, climate change and other environmental phenomena. He received his DPhil from the University of Oxford. Between 1984 and 1998 he taught at the University of Sheffield.
- Stavros Dimas
Stavros Dimas is a Greek politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for the Environment.
- John Hill
John Hill (born 1949), Australian politician, is the current South Australian Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts in the Rann Government. He also represents the electoral district of Kaurna in the South Australian House of Assembly and is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Born in Sydney, Hill attended the University of Sydney and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.
- Sheila Copps
Sheila Maureen Copps, PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), (born November 27, 1952, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and former politician. Copps is a second-generation member of a political family that has dominated Hamilton-area politics on the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Her father, Victor K. Copps, was one of the most influential mayors of the City of Hamilton; the city's landmark sports arena, Copps Coliseum, is named in his honour.
- Alex Kirby
Alex Kirby is a British journalist, specializing in environmental issues. He worked in various capacities at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for nearly 20 years. From 1987 to 1996, he was the environmental correspondent for BBC News, in radio and television. He left the BBC in 1998 to work as a freelance journalist. He also provides media skills training to companies, universities and NGOs. He is also currently the environmental correspondent for BBC News Online, …
- Wyn Jones
Wyn Jones (b. 1953) is a Welsh politician and Plaid Cymru member standing in the Cardiff North constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007. Wyn Jones was born in Cardigan and currently lives in Whitchurch, Cardiff ("Caerdydd"). Having attended Carmarthen Boys Grammar School Wyn achieved a BSc and a Masters Degree in Physics from the University of Wales College, Aberystwyth. His tutor at the time was the late Dr Phil Williams.
- Maurice Hinchey
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey (born October 27, 1938), is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 22nd Congressional District of New York since 2003 (formerly the 26th District). The district extends west from the Hudson River to include Binghamton and Ithaca.
- Barry Penner
Barry Penner is British Columbia's Minister of Environment and Minister responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities. He is also British Columbia Liberal MLA for Chilliwack-Kent and the government's Deputy House Leader. Born in Kitimat, Penner was first elected an MLA in 1996 and has been re-elected in 2001 and 2005 with some of the highest margins of victory in the province. He has also served as President of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER).
- Sandra Steingraber
Sandra Steingraber (b. 1959) is an American biologist and author in the tradition of Rachel Carson. Steingraber writes and lectures on the environmental factors that contribute to reproductive health problems and cancer.
- Karl-Henrik Robèrt
Karl-Henrik Robèrt, M.D., Ph.D., is one of Sweden's leading cancer scientists and a key figure in the worldwide sustainability movement. In 1989, Robèrt initiated a network of experts on the environment called The Natural Step. The Natural Step framework developed by Robèrt, sets out the system conditions for sustainability. The framework has been applied to fields as diverse as green building and the ecological management of river basins.
- Andy Clark
Andy Clark is a Professor of Philosophy and chair in Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Before this he was director of the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University in Bloomington. Previously, he taught at Washington University at St. Louis and the University of Sussex in England. Professor Clark’s papers and books deal with the philosophy of mind and he is considered a leading scientist in mind extension.
- Callum Roberts
Callum Roberts ' research focuses on threats to marine ecosystems and species, and on finding the means to protect them. His work includes studies of the profound historical and recent alteration of marine ecosystems by fishing, on the extinction risk of marine species and on global conservation priorities for coral reefs. Recently, he published a paper highlighting the imminent danger from fishing to life in the deep sea - the Earth's final wilderness frontier.
- Albert Bates
Albert Bates (born 1947-01-01) is an influential figure in the intentional community and ecovillage movements. A lawyer, author and teacher, he has been director of the Institute for Appropriate Technology since 1984 and of the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee since 1994. Bates has been a resident of The Farm since 1972.
- Jakob von Uexkull
Jakob von Uexkull (born 19 August 1944) is a writer, lecturer, professional philatelist and past member of the European Parliament who, in 1980, founded the Right Livelihood Awards (a.k.a. the Alternative Nobel Prize). He holds both Swedish and German citizenship. Jakob von Uexkull stems from a Baltic German family that was forced to leave Estonia during World War II. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden.
- R. Scott Frey
R. Scott Frey is a sociologist at the University of Tennessee. He specialises in the interrelated areas of public policy, environment, and social change and social development. His recent work centers on risk and globalization issues.
- Ira Flatow
Veteran National Public Radio (NPR) science correspondent and award-winning TV journalist Ira Flatow is host of Talk Of The Nation: Science Friday. Ira Flatow anchors the show each Friday, bringing radio and Internet listeners worldwide a lively, informative discussion on science, technology, health, space and the environment. Ira Flatow is also founder and president of a non-profit company dedicated to creating radio, TV and Internet projects that make science "user friendly."
- Jack Mundey
Jack Mundey (born 17 October 1929) is a distinguished Australian union and environmental activist. He came to prominence during the 1970s for leading the New South Wales Builders' Labourers Federation (BLF) in the famous Green Bans, whereby the BLF led a successful campaign to protect the built and natural environment of Sydney from excessive and inappropriate development. Mundey is now Chair of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
- David Cromwell
Dr. David Cromwell (born 1962 in Glasgow) is a Scottish oceanographer, writer and activist. He is the author of "Private Planet" (Charlbury: Jon Carpenter Publishing, 2001) and of numerous articles published in several newspapers and magazines. Cromwell is currently a monthly ZNet commentator and co-editor of Media Lens. Cromwell spent most of his formative years in Barrhead and Cumbernauld.
- Jan Veizer
Jan Veizer is an emeritus professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa and holder of the NSERC/Noranda/CIAR Industrial Chair in Earth System Isotope and Environmental Geochemistry. He is one of the world leaders in isotope geochemistry an ... Related Categories: Earth scientists ; University of Ottawa faculty ; Geochemists ; global warming skeptics
- José Goldemberg
José Goldemberg, a Brazilian physicist, university educator, scientific leader and research scientist, is a leading expert on energy end environment issues and is currently secretary for the environment of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Professor José Goldemberg earned his Ph.D. in Physical Science from the University of Sao Paulo where he served as rector and full professor from 1986-89. From 1983-86 he directed the Energy Company of the State of São Paulo.
- Azmi Khalid
Azmi Khalid is currently the Malaysian minister of Natural Resources & Environment as of 2006. Prior to this, he was the minister of Home Affairs. He is a member of United Malays National Organization and also the Member of Parliament for Padang Besar, Perlis.
- Peter Hobson
R. P. Hobson, or Peter Hobson, is a Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at University College London known for his work on autism and experimental child psychology. His research leads him to conclusions concerning the origins of consciousness, summarized in a book for the general reader, The Cradle of Thought. The core of his analysis is that human minds are the outcome of a successful series of interactions between infant and caregiver(s).
- L. E. Modesitt Jr.
L. E. (Leland Exton) Modesitt, Jr. (b. 1943 in Denver, Colorado) is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best known for the fantasy series "The Saga of Recluce". He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts, lived in Washington, D.C. for 20 years, then moved to New Hampshire in 1989 where he met his wife. They relocated to Cedar City, Utah in 1993. He has worked as a Navy pilot, lifeguard, delivery boy, unpaid radio disc jockey, …
- Kenneth Hare
Fredrick Kenneth Hare (February 5, 1919-September 3, 2002) was a Canadian meteorologist and academic, who researched atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate change, drought, and arid zone climates and was a strong advocate for preserving the natural environment.
- Michael Aird
The Honourable Michael Anthony Aird (born 12 April, 1949, Melbourne) is a Tasmanian politician. He has been an ALP member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Division of Derwent since 1995. He is the treasurer of Tasmania, one of few legislative councillors in history, who have held a portfolio. He took over the role of Treasurer from Paul Lennon after the 2006 state election. He was Government leader in the Legislative Council from 1998 to 2006.
- Tom Barton
Tom Barton is a former member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was first elected in 1992 as the member for Waterford and retired at the 2006 Queensland Election. He was Minister for Environment and Heritage under the Wayne Goss government from 1995 to 1996. In the first Peter Beattie government, he was minister for Police and Corrective Services, under the second Beattie government, Minister for State Development, and Minister of Employment, Training, …
- Sheila Wellstone
Sheila Ison Wellstone (August 18, 1944 - October 25, 2002) was an advocate for human rights, the environment, and peace. She and U.S. Senator from Minnesota Paul Wellstone were married. Wellstone focused much of her work on domestic violence, and pursued policies to support its prevention and to assist survivors. She considered running for Governor of Minnesota in 2002. In 2002 Wellstone died in a plane crash along with her husband Paul and daughter Marcia.
- Phyllis Glazer
Phyllis Glazer is the founder of Mothers Organized to Stop Environmental Sin (1992); a Winona, Texas, support group for victims of environmental pollution. In 2001, Glazer was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
- Line Beauchamp
Line Beauchamp is a Quebec politician. She is the current Quebec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the Montreal riding of Bourassa-Sauvé as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She is the current Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks since April 17, 2007. She was previously the Minister of Culture and Communications from 2003 to 2007.
- John Tanton
Today, Tanton stands in the center of a web of anti-immigrant and official English groups. As the founder and publisher of Social Contract Press , Tanton has published books that have helped shaped a nationalist ideology focused on the threat of immigrants to the white, English-speaking population.
- Phyllis Kahn
Phyllis Kahn is a retired professor of Biophysics and a DFL Representative in the Minnesota State Legislature for District 59B. Educated at Cornell (B.A. in Physics), Yale (Ph.D. in Biophysics), and Harvard (M.P.A.) Universities, Phyllis Kahn has been a long-time advocate for education, health care and medical technology, agriculture and the natural environment, and human rights, particularly for senior citizens and women.
- James Speth
James Gustave (Gus) Speth (born March 4 1942) is an American environmental lawyer and activist. He was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1942. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1964, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Yale Law School, where he was a member of the "Yale Law Journal", in 1969, and was a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
- Martyn Poliakoff
Professor Martyn Poliakoff, FRS, is one of the UK's leading academics who works on gaining insights into fundamental chemistry, and also developing environmentally acceptable processes and materials. The core themes of his work are supercritical fluids, infrared spectroscopy and lasers. His group comprises several members of staff, postdoctoral research fellows, postgraduate students and overseas visitors. His brother is screen writer and director Stephen Poliakoff.
- Donald Duke
Donald Duke (born 30 September 1961 in Calabar) was the Governor of Cross River State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He has been at the helm of affairs of the State since the commencement of the present democratic dispensation in Nigeria. He received LLB degree in 1982 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria, the B.L in 1983 from the Nigerian Law School and the L.L.M. in Business Law and Admiralty in 1984 from University of Pennsylvania.