Internship Summary: Oct. 26 – Nov. 6

As part of my requirements for getting internship credit for my time at LCV, I will write weekly summaries of my doings in DC to submit to my advisor. **This is the last bi-weekly update I wrote about my time at LCV. My final project for my internship will be a longer paper reflecting on [...]

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An ode to DC

A few photos from my time in DC and working at the League of Conservation Voters. More after the jump…

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Bidding the District Adieu

It is hard to believe that my time in DC has come to an end, but as I write, my step dad is driving across the country to retrieve me and take me back home to Kansas just in time for Thanksgiving. By Tuesday, I will be cuddling with Max and Rocket (although the latter [...]

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Internship Summary: Sept. 28 – Oct. 9

Kelly Jacobsen League of Conservation Voters Internship Summary September 28 – October 9 Since I last reported, quite a bit of progress has been made towards climate change legislation in the Senate (and perhaps that’s why I’ve been a bit slow to write this update.) On September 30, Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer introduced [...]

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So You Think You Can Dance Around the Issue of Clean Energy

Check out the brand new video above from The League of Conservation Voters and vote for the person you think is best at dancing around the issue of clean energy. Is it an oil loving Member of Congress like John Boehner or Michele Bachmann? How about far-right talking heads like Newt Gingrich and Glenn Beck? [...]

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[FWKS] Clean Energy works campaign combines unlikely allies

The following was originally posted on a new Kansas-based political blog I am writing for now. Be sure to check out Forward Kansas. The health care debate may have dominated the media over the August recess, but those advocating for comprehensive climate change legislation weren’t exactly playing kickball during the last month. Yesterday, a national [...]

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Happy 21st, Ashley!

It seems like only yesterday we were just lowly development interns at LCV – oh wait, that was just yesterday, and today… – but it seems like we’ve come so far! I’m glad we’ve become TFs (true friends, for those not in the loop) because I know there are days at LCV I wouldn’t be [...]

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Internship Summary: Week of Aug. 24

As part of my requirements for getting internship credit for my time at LCV, I will write weekly summaries of my doings in DC to submit to my advisor. Kelly Jacobsen League of Conservation Voters Internship Summary Week of August 24 This past week at LCV was all about planning ahead for the next three [...]

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From Act Green: New analysis expects Kansas to be hit hardest by climate change

The following was originally posted on LCV’s staff and member blog, Act Green. As LCV’s resident expert on all things Kansas-related, I was a bit shocked to see Kansas named as the state expected to be hit hardest by climate change in a new analysis released by The Nature Conservancy. If carbon emissions remain at their [...]

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Week of August 17: Internship Summary

As part of my requirements for getting internship credit for my time at LCV, I will write weekly summaries of my doings in DC to submit to my advisor. Kelly Jacobsen League of Conservation Voters Internship Summary Week of August 17 I am looking forward to writing these weekly summaries about my internship experience because [...]

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