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NextGen America NextGen America is an environmental advocacy nonprofit and political action committee created in 2013 by Tom Steyer supporting candidates and policies that take action against climate change. It has typically criticized Republican candidates, but has also targeted Democrats who have failed to take a stance on climate change. The organization has also been an opponent of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Tom Steyer Thomas Fahr Steyer (born June 27, 1957) is an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, liberal activist, and fundraiser.
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Ashok Sinha Ashok Sinha (born 8 November 1964) is a British environmental campaigner.
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Ian Kiernan Ian Bruce Carrick Kiernan {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 4 October 1940) is an environmentalist and also a builder who organised the "Clean Up Australia" campaign, and in 1993 a similar "Clean Up the World" operation which attracted participation from 30 million volunteers in 80 countries.
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David George Campbell David George Campbell (born January 28, 1949 in Decatur, Illinois, United States) is an American educator, ecologist, environmentalist, and award-winning author of non-fiction.
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Jay Faison Jay Faison (born November 29, 1967) is an American entrepreneur and a conservative philanthropist from North Carolina. He was Founder and CEO of SnapAV. In 2013, he sold the vast majority of his shares in SnapAV and invested $175 million to start the ClearPath Foundation, with the mission of accelerating conservative clean energy solutions.
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Winona LaDuke Winona LaDuke (born August 18, 1959) is an American environmentalist, economist, and writer, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for Vice President as the nominee of the Green Party of the United States, on a ticket headed by Ralph Nader. In the 2016 presidential election, she became the first Native American woman to receive an electoral vote for Vice President of the United States.
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Gregory Kats Gregory H. Kats (born July 14, 1959) is an American businessman, environmentalist and writer. He is President of Capital E, a national clean energy advisory and venture capital firm. He previously served as a Managing Director at Good Energies a billion-dollar global clean energy investor and served for 5 years as the Director of Financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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Ken Fields Ken Fields is an American real estate developer, entrepreneur and environmentalist.
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Steven Schafersman Steven Dale Schafersman (born November 4, 1948) is an American geologist and current president of Texas Citizens for Science, an advocacy group that opposes teaching creationism as science in the public schools. He is also known for his blog BadGeology.com.
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Jonathan Rothberg Jonathan Marc Rothberg (born 1963) is an American scientist and entrepreneur.
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Stephen O. Andersen Stephen Oliver Andersen (born 17 January 1948) is the American Director of Research at the Institute for Governance & Sustainability (IGSD) and is also Senior Expert Member of the Montreal Protocol Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) and from 1989 to 2012 was TEAP Co-Chair. He is considered one of the founders and leading figures in the success of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Stratospheric Ozone Layer, having earned one of eleven United Nations Environment Program Visionaries Awards for the first 25 years of the Montreal Protocol, the U.N. Global 500 Award that has also been earned by Jimmy Carter, Wangari Maathai, Jane Goodall and Service to America Career Achievement Medal.
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Maria Gunnoe Maria Gunnoe (born 1968) is an environmentalist who opposes mountaintop removal mining, and is a winner of the Goldman Prize and Wallenberg Medal.
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Diane Meyer Simon Diane Meyer Simon (born Diane Irene Meyer) is an environmental activist, founder and leader of Global Green USA, member of the Green Cross International's (GCI) Honorary Board, and politician. She is the former wife of Indiana real estate billionaire Herbert Simon.
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Ryan Houck Ryan A. Houck is a Florida-based media consultant and executive director of the free market watchdog group Free Market America. In 2012, Bill Frezza of the libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute called him the radical environmentalist's "worst nightmare."
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Jerry Taylor Jerome Cogburn "Jerry" Taylor (born August 2, 1962) is an American environmental activist and policy analyst.
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Jeff Corwin Jeffrey "Jeff" Corwin (born July 11, 1967) is an American biologist and wildlife conservationist, known to host many TV series including ABC's "Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin".
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Benjamin Bronfman Benjamin Zachary Bronfman (born August 6, 1982) is an American environmentalist, entrepreneur and musician. As of 2014, Bronfman is a strategic advisor and principal investor with Algae Systems and an associate managing director at Global Thermostat, two "green" firms. He was a member of rock band The Exit (going by the name Ben Brewer) and he is currently a member of the music collective Teachers and co-founder of the Green Owl record label. He is the second-eldest child of actress Sherry Brewer and Edgar Bronfman Jr. the former CEO of Warner Music Group.
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Next City Next City is a national urban affairs magazine and non-profit organization based in Philadelphia.
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Thomas S. Ray Thomas S. Ray (also known as Tom Ray; born September 21, 1954) is an ecologist who created and developed the Tierra project, a computer simulation of artificial life.
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Tom Bender Tom Bender is one of the American founders of the green architecture and sustainability movements.
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Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. A Democrat, he was the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism.