The Inauguration: Comments on energy please environmentalists
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Steve Smith, assistant regional director of the Wilderness Society, called it “marvelous” that in an inaugural address in which Obama tried to cover so many national topics, he specifically mentioned the need to turn to solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, and to respond to the threat of global warming.
“I think it makes those points very important, the fact that he pushed them (Tuesday),” Smith said.
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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