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...heels of President Obama's announcement that he would ask the EPA to reconsider applications from 14 states attempting to set stricter greenhouse gas-emissions standards, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named another member to what some have recently dubbed Obama's green team. Todd Stern, a longtime friend and adviser to both Hillary and former President Bill Clinton, has held positions in government and in private law practices where he has advised on issues ranging from global warming to anti-money laundering methods. Many see his appointment as further evidence that the Obama Administration is serious about addressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climate Change Envoy Todd Stern | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...Born May 4, 1951 to Judith and Richard Stern of Chicago, he went on to receive a bachelors in 1973 from Dartmouth (where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa) and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1977. He married Jennifer Klein on Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climate Change Envoy Todd Stern | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...After completing his law degree, Stern served as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society for two years, followed by more than a decade working for private firms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climate Change Envoy Todd Stern | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences don't care that you liked The Dark Knight, which is the second biggest dollar-earner in movie history, and which kids and critics alike appreciated less as a live-action comic book than a triangular battle of stern Good, giggling Evil and two faces in between. Except for a Heath Ledger memorial citation (Supporting Actor), the film was shut out of all major award categories, taking seven other doorstop prizes like Sound Editing and Sound Mixing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oscar Wrap: Slumdog and the Old Dogs | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

...lifestyles of the developed world, and they don't want fears over climate change to stop them. The best hope is that the innovation personified by Masdar and the WFES can beat the pace of warming. Masdar may seem like a mirage, but "this is absolutely real," says Nicholas Stern, a British economist and climate-change expert. "I'm very optimistic that this is happening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Enviro Utopia — in the Abu Dhabi Desert | 1/19/2009 | See Source »

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