To help the environment, manufacture | Harvard Gazette
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“What we are doing is unleashing a highly unstable climate rather than an intrinsically warmer climate,” said the former chairman of the Sierra Club Carl Pope (far left). Pope met with postdocs at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. He was on campus to give a talk at the Science Center titled “Bringing Back America: How Reviving Our Manufacturing Sector Is the Big Issue in the 2012 Election."
Former Sierra Club chairman Carl Pope took an unusual stance for an environmentalist on Wednesday, saying that in order to meet the massive challenge posed by climate change, America needs more manufacturing.
At a time when living sustainably and reducing waste are key topics in the national environmental discussion, Pope added a new wrinkle. The transformation required to meet the climate challenge, he said, involves no less than rebuilding or refurbishing virtually every American home, factory, school, power plant, hospital, and motor vehicle to become cleaner and greener over the next three to four decades.
Former Sierra Club chairman Carl Pope took an unusual stance for an environmentalist on Wednesday, saying that in order to meet the massive challenge posed by climate change, America needs more manufacturing.
At a time when living sustainably and reducing waste are key topics in the national environmental discussion, Pope added a new wrinkle. The transformation required to meet the climate challenge, he said, involves no less than rebuilding or refurbishing virtually every American home, factory, school, power plant, hospital, and motor vehicle to become cleaner and greener over the next three to four decades.