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Kennedy on the Waterkeeper Movement and Waterkeeper Alliance

Dan Najuoks, Yadkin Riverkeepeer:  Tell us about the waterkeeper movement and Waterkeeper Alliance Kennedy: The waterkeeper movement began on the Hudson River in 1966 when a blue collar coalition of commercial and recreational fishermen mobilized to reclaim the river from polluters. We have one of […]


Kennedy on Waterkeeper Alliance in North Carolina

Dean Najuoks, Yadkin Riverkeeper: Waterkeeper Alliance has done work in North Carolina. Talk about the Waterkeepers in Eastern North Carolina. Kennedy: I’ve been involved with factory farm pollution issues for almost two decades in North Carolina. That state has some of the strongest waterkeeper movements. […]


Funding Opportunities, Fall 2011

Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) CEES announces funding opportunities for research, scholarship, and working groups related to energy, environment and sustainability as broadly defined.  The grants seek to provide new opportunities for research and scholarly activities at Wake Forest. Though the center has […]


CEES Launches New Logo

Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability is launching a new logo. The organization, now in its second year,  works to promote critical thinking and effective action in sustainability research, policy and practices. The organization is an interdisciplinary group with […]


Christine Todd Whitman Stresses Civic Engagement

Christine Todd Whitman spoke to a packed auditorium at the Porter B. Byrum Welcome Center on September 19th.  She stressed civic engagement as a key component to moving meaningful policy forward. CEES sponsored the event along with the School of Law and the […]


Biography: Lyons Gray

Lyons Gray served as Chief Financial Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency, under President George W. Bush, where he managed a budget in excess of $7 billion from 2005-2009. Gray is a Winston-Salem businessman who spent more than a decade working for the […]


Video: Lyons Gray Webinar

If you didn’t get a chance to join CEES for our webinar with Lyons Gray,  you can watch it online here. The webinar starts at 8:06 in the clip. The event was held as a preview to Former EPA Administrator […]


Christine Todd Whitman – Biography

Whitman is the President of The Whitman Strategy Group (WSG), a consulting firm that specializes in energy and environmental issues. WSG offers a comprehensive set of solutions to problems facing businesses, organizations, and governments; they have been at the forefront of helping leading […]


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