Tamara Toles
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| Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vermont Law School City University of New York |
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Tamara Toles O'Laughlin is an environmental activist, climate strategist, and the CEO and president of the Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA).[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Toles is from Brooklyn, New York.[2] She is an environmental activist focused on people, the planet and resources.[3]
Toles was an undergraduate student at the City University of New York, where she majored in political science. She earned a Juris Doctor[4] from Vermont Law School and a Masters Degree in Environmental Law and Policy.[5]
Career
[edit]As a City College (CUNY) student, she interned at the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the Environmental Protection Agency. During graduate school at Vermont Law School she interned at the Center on Race, Poverty and Environment, and fulfilled a summer law fellowship at the Natural Resources Defense Council.[6]
After school, Toles worked for the Maryland Energy Administration and District Department of Energy and Environment in Washington, DC. She served as the Senior Law Clerk to the Honorable Douglas A. Brady, and the Senior Sitting Judge Julio A. Brady at the Superior Court of the US Virgin Islands on St. Croix.[citation needed]
In 2014, Toles was appointed to the Executive Board of EcoWomen.[7][8] During her tenure, she held several positions, including Vice President of Professional Development, during which she produced the organization's signature salon and monthly educational forum, EcoHour. She closed her term as the Board Chair during the final two years.[citation needed]
She served on the board of the Maryland Climate Coalition.[9]
In February 2017,[10] Toles was appointed as Executive Director of the Maryland Environmental Health Network, where she worked to eliminate environmental threats to human health.[11] She created the Baltimore City Climate Resolution, which upholds the Paris Agreement and calls for 100% renewable energy use in Baltimore by 2050.[12][13] It encourages the development of wind technology and disincentivizes incineration.[12] The resolution was passed in June 2017.[12] In 2018 she was awarded the Vermont Law School Social Justice Scholars Alumni Award.[11] She also co-founded the Healthy Green Maryland Amendment Initiative to define healthy communities and provide multi-generational protections to defend against disproportionate climate impacts in the Maryland constitution.[14]
In 2019, Toles joined 350.org as its North America Director, making her the first African-American woman to hold this position in an environment or climate organization.[15]
In 2021, Toles joined the EGA as its CEO and President.[16] That same year Toles launched Climate Critical, a global support intervention for workers in environment and climate.[citation needed]
Toles has written for Rolling Stone,[17] The Nation,[18] Yes! magazine[19] and Grist.[20] She is a contributor to Politico‘s Long Game Forum[21] on issues[22] of environment, equity, energy access and climate justice.[23]
References
[edit]- ^ "Staff | EGA". ega.org. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Bio". Tamara Toles O'Laughlin. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Tamara Toles O'Laughlin: The Climate Catastrophe Should Be Paid For By The People Who Sponsored It". Adi Magazine.
- ^ "How to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day | Vermont Law School". www.vermontlaw.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Tamara Toles O'Laughlin | Yale Center for Environmental Justice". ycej.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Loquitur—the Alumni Magazine for Vermont Law School. Winter 2020 Issue". Issuu. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Don't miss paddle-boarding with DC EcoWomen August 1!". Mad Mimi. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Tamara Toles O'Laughlin's schedule for PGM ONE 2019 Summit". pgmonesummit2019.sched.com. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Steering Committee | Maryland Climate Coalition". marylandclimatecoalition.org. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Baltimore Fishbowl | Greenlaurel: Why Baltimore City Council's Unanimous Climate Resolution is Important -". Baltimore Fishbowl. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ a b "Tamara Toles O'Laughlin receives Social Justice Scholars Alumni Award from Vermont Law". Maryland Philanthropy Network. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ a b c "Baltimore City Climate Resolution Passes Unanimously!". Sierra Club. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Tamara Toles O'Laughlin". She Saves The Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ shao (2023-09-12). "Environmental Expert Profile: Tamara Toles O'Laughlin". Green 2.0. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "350.org Announces Tamara Toles O'Laughlin as North America Director". 350.org. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ https://ega.org/sites/default/files/page/attachment/Announcement%20to%20Members%20-%20EGA%20Welcomes%20Tamara%20Toles%20O%E2%80%99Laughlin%20internal%20final.pdf
- ^ O'Laughlin, Elana Sulakshana,Tamara Toles; Sulakshana, Elana; O'Laughlin, Tamara Toles (2020-04-20). "Op-Ed: Big Insurance Is Climate's Quiet Killer". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tamara Toles O'Laughlin". The Nation. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Tamara Toles O'Laughlin". Yes! Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "What does the fossil fuel industry have to do with police brutality?". Grist. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ^ "Breathing While Black: Structural Racism, Coronavirus and Pollution Are Part of the Same Story". www.greentechmedia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ^ "If you care about the planet, you must dismantle white supremacy". Grist. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ^ "A Matter of Degrees: Trump's Fossil Fuel Bailout on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2020-10-30.