Ezra Silk
Ezra Silk is Director of Strategy and Policy for The Climate Mobilization. He lives in Portland, ME.
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Views Sunday, April 23, 2017 The “100 by ’50 Act” Cannot Become Our “North Star” On Tuesday, Senators Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders are scheduled to introduce the “100 by ’50 Act,” billed as “the most ambitious piece of climate legislation Congress has ever seen.” 350.org’s Jason Kowalski has expressed hopes that the symbolic bill, which aims to build a 100% renewable energy... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, October 05, 2016 The Climate Emergency and the Election: A Pathway to WWII-Scale Mobilization This week I will turn 28, and thoughts of the future are weighing heavily on my mind. Clinging to the idea of a relatively stable future, people encourage me to get real, grow up, and focus on myself — to make a lot of money, have a family, and live out a gratifying and stable upper-middle class... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, December 16, 2015 The Paris Climate Talks and the 1.5C Target: Wartime-Scale Mobilization is Our Only Option Left The Paris climate talks are over, and the postmortems on the final agreement are flooding in. Here’s our take: After 21 years of negotiations, we finally have an agreement that the majority of nations are expected to ratify. This is a critical breakthrough in terms of shared global understanding of... Read more |