"Many people think global warming is too abstract to get worked up over. But the consequences are ecological disruption, floods, drought and disease. What could be more tangible than that?"

Dan Lashof is a senior scientist in NRDC's Air & Energy Program. His expertise includes international agreements and action to limit global warming, national energy policy, and climate science.

Previously, Dan worked as an environmental scientist at the EPA where he was the lead author of a report to Congress, Policy Options for Stabilizing Global Climate.

Dan holds an A.B. in physics and mathematics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley. He has taught environmental science as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.

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