Author Bios

Tony Leys, rural editor/correspondent, is based in Des Moines, where he worked 33 years as a reporter and editor for the Des Moines Register. Tony was the Register’s lead …

Ian Sue Wing is Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. He conducts research and teaching on the economic analysis of energy and environmental policy, …

Giacomo Falchetta is a postdoctoral research scholar at the Energy, Climate, and Environment programme at IIASA (the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) and a scientist at the Euro-Mediterranean …

Enrica De Cian is professor in environmental economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy), research scientist at Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), and at RFF-CMCC European …

Deborah Carr is an A&S Distinguished Professor of Sociology and inaugural director of the Center of Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. She has written extensively on death …

Griffin Eckstein is a News Fellow at Salon. He is a student journalist at New York University, having previously written for the independent student paper Washington Square News, the …

Albert Serna is a contributor to OpenSecrets.

Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

James Ray is an organizer, writer, and political commentator with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science from Purdue University.

Shailly Gupta Barnes is the policy director of the Kairos Center for Rights, Religions and Social Justice and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. She has a background in …