MEDIUM 09/08/15 By Michael Shank With the word out that GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to scuttle the Paris climate talks in December, one wonders whether or not the Senator is sensitive to the direction his party, and his people, are headed. Kentucky, the state the Senator […]
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Meat Alert
THE HILL 08/31/15 By Michael Shank Announced in the quiet of Congressional recess, new data published this week by Consumer Reports indicates that ground beef often contains bacteria that causes sickness in humans and resists drug treatment. Congress should take note. Fortunately, the United States Department of Agriculture already rolled […]
At Vatican Summit, Consultant Michael Shank Works with Media to Tell the Story of Climate Change
EMU NEWS 08/21/15 AUGUSTA FREE PRESS 08/30/15 By Kara Lofton One of the reasons most of the world has heard about July’s climate change summit at the Vatican is because Eastern Mennonite University alumnus Michael Shank, MA ’05 (conflict transformation), was the media consultant for the event. Shank managed press […]
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
GMU NEWS 08/19/15 By Buzz McClain Michael Shank has joined an informal White House working group studying how local governments across the country communicate and address climate change in their regions. Shank is a member of the adjunct faculty and a board member of George Mason University’s School for Conflict […]
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
HUFFINGTON POST 07/21/15 By Michael Shank Rarely am I inspired by a piece of writing so revolutionary that it cuts through the hubris and cacophony of contemporary society. Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, did that for me. There is hardly a more widely and recently distributed piece of literature that […]
Kentucky Coal Country’s Clean Tech Makeover
HUFFINGTON POST 07/17/15 By Michael Shank When most people think about Kentucky, clean tech and climate change aren’t the first words that come to mind. Most of the chatter about this coal state is that it’s recalcitrant when it comes to acting on climate change. And while some of that […]
Vatican Welcomes Dozens of Mayors at Conference on Climate Change and Slavery
ROME REPORTS 07/15/15 The Vatican will be hosting a workshop and symposium next week to discuss how major global cities can help respond to modern slavery and climate change. Dozens of mayors from some of the world’s great cities will attend the event. The bishop who is organizing the conference […]
Slavery and Climate – There’s More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY 07/15/15 By Ann Schneible Vatican City, Jul 15, 2015 / 03:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The link between climate change and human slavery is the topic of an international conference to be hosted by the Vatican later this month, in which Pope Francis will take part along with […]
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
HUFFINGTON POST 07/07/15 By Michael Shank With the United States Department of Agriculture announcing meat substitutes in school lunches nationwide, replacing meat with equally protein-rich alternatives, we’re starting to witness a sea change in national dietary guidelines. And it’s about time. Our current approach to diets is unsustainable. Federally appointed […]
Fight to Help Long-Term Unemployed Americans
CA NEWSWIRE 06/24/15 Yesterday, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley, Calif.) continued his commitment to ending long-term unemployment in the United States, by reintroducing legislation that would allow American workers to go where the jobs are. U.S. Rep. Tony CardenasCárdenas, a member of the House Committee […]