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William Becker

(He/Him)
Waunakee, Wisconsin
As seen in: Meer, Wiley Online Library, British Pharmacological Society, Memory Studies, SAGE Publishing, Taylor & Francis Online, The Hill, JAMA Internal Medicine Author Interviews, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Covers:  Clean energy, global climate change, U.S. energy & climate policy
Doesn't Cover: Sports
Author, columnist: Expert on green energy, climate policy expert, sustainable community development, disaster recovery, and more.
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William Becker is an expert and frequent blogger on global climate change and America's transition to a net-zero carbon economy. He began his career as a war correspondent for Stars and Stripes during the Vietnam War, then went on to report for the Associated Press and to publish his own weekly newspaper in rural Wisconsin. He served for several years as the editorial writer for the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, WI. Bill was a senior official at the U.S. Dept. of Energy for 15 years, specializing in renewable energy technologies and programs. Since 2007, he has led the Presidential Climate Action Project, which develops climate and energy policy ideas for members of Congress and the President of the United States. PCAP also provides ideas and information on these topics to more than 300 U.S. thought leaders.

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