Straightening out the crooked pictures
Steve Valk
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Birthday
- September 15
- Title
- Director of Communications
- Company
- Citizens Climate Lobby
- Bio
- I recently left my job of 31 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in May of 2009. The last position I held there was Sunday Metro Section Editor.
I've also volunteered for more than 20 years with RESULTS, an advocacy group working to end poverty.
Since July of 2009, I've been working as communications director and organizer for Citizens Climate Lobby, an organization creating the political will for a sustainable climate.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Climate advocates find hope on
Capitol Hill
July 02, 2011 01:30PM - It'll take a mom to save
Mother Earth
May 09, 2011 02:22PM - As Cap and Trade Dies, Let's
Bury Offsets With It
July 24, 2010 03:21AM - K-G-L and the Shell Game Known
as Carbon Offsets
April 22, 2010 01:21PM - Why carbon caps don't work and
other mysteries explained
April 07, 2010 11:39AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Al, I agree population
needs to stop going up, but
you can't
address population
w…”
April 09, 2010 03:38AM - “Thanks, Lee. I'll check
out your blog. Thinking about
doing a
piece on the myth
o…”
March 24, 2010 03:37PM - “Mark, great example of
the harmful results this new
provision
is designed to
prev…”
June 17, 2009 06:45PM - “Thanks for the comments
Don and Larry. Bill, I see by
your
blog the big problem
y…”
June 12, 2009 07:53AM - “Appreciate and respect
the effort to stop the wars.
It
appears unlikely,
however,…”
June 06, 2009 07:36AM
Steve Valk's Links
After delaying it for a week of arm-twisting and head-counting, the House leadership brought the $106 billion spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan up for a vote Tuesday. Previously, 51 anti-war Democrats voted against the bill, but by the time the final vote was taken, that number dwind… Read full post »
Funding for the International Monetary Fund, which the Obama administration wants included in the supplemental spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, is looking like an extreme long shot at this point.
If Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) – a.k.a. the “conscience of the House” &n… Read full post »
The Senate debated and passed emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan last night. As mentioned in my previous blog, the bill also included additional funding for the International Monetary Fund that would extend their line of credit by $100 billion. The money is intended to help low- a… Read full post »
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