The DAF Environment and Energy Policy Groups (EPG) Charter
Objectives
The Environment and Sustainability Policy Group (EPG) was formed by Democrats Abroad France (DAF) in March 2009 to promote environmental and sustainability issues as a means to heighten voter interest and influence and support the Democratic Party. The EPG will broadly address issues relating to environment, energy, and sustainable development, which is defined as the integration of economic, environmental and social concerns.
The objectives of the EPG are to: 1) influence US policy-making on important environment and sustainability issues at the local, national and international levels; 2) identify best policy practices in France and other European countries as examples for US policy; and 3) educate voters on these issues for more enlightened citizenship and inputs into policy-making.
Contact: Dana Powers dianapowers@hotmail.com (for Environment)
Contact: Barbara Tucker barbaraht19@gmail.com (for Energy)
click here to read the Environmental Policy Group (EPG) Meeting Minutes
To read our full EPG Charter, please click here
Since mid-2009, we have posted Issue Briefs focusing on key issues facing today’s administration and American voters.
Here we are pleased to share with you all of the Issue Briefs that have been researched and written by our members to help build awareness, stimulate thought, and mobilize American citizens to become more involved in the political process.
- How can we help save the world's Forests?
- How can government policy drive Green Technology?
- How to pass effective climate legislation?
- What's the latest on Education for Sustainable Development?
- Addressing the world's water crisis
- And more below...
These briefs illustrate our diverse range of interests and breadth of expertise. Each brief concludes with specific suggestions on how you can act.
We invite you to read them, share them with your friends and neighbors back in the States, and provide us with your comments and feedback!
Dr. Naomi Oreskes, an ardent and outspoken defender of climate science, speaks in Paris on March 29
By Constance Borde on March 26th, 2012
Barney Kirchhoff Reports on Dana Powers: Climate Change Primer
By Constance Borde on February 28th, 2012
More Important Than Oil: Water, the Real Geopolitical Issue of the 21st Century by Dr. Oleg Kobtzeff
By Constance Borde on October 31st, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 7:00pm
Date change: More Important Than Oil: Water, the Real Geopolitical Issue of the 21st Century
By Constance Borde on October 20th, 2011
Dear Environmental Policy Group,
Ethan Berkowitz is the man who should be Governor of Alaska. He is the candidate who ran against Sarah Palin in 2006 (and lost).
Education for sustainable development: global, national and local responses - a joint Education Policy Group - 15 November 2010
By Jason Siegel on November 18th, 2010
Education for sustainable development: global, national and local responses was the theme of a joint Education Policy Group and Energy and Environment Policy Group information and discuss
Hello All and hope you are having a fun end of summer!
The next meeting of the DAF Environment Policy Group (EPG) will be combined with the Energy Committee meeting on Monday, 6 September.
Barbara Tucker (BarbaraHT19@gmail.com) will chair in my absence. Remember to mark the Steven Hill presentation on 19 September on your calendars! Best, Candice
DAF EPG and Energy Committee meeting
Monday, September 6, 2010
7:30pm
Cafe de Flore (upstairs)
172, boulevard Saint Germain - 75006