Pentagon Papers Are Declassified | Radio Boston

Daniel Ellsberg testifies about the Pentagon Papers at a Senate subcommittee meeting on May 16, 1973. (AP)

How does the federal government celebrate the anniversary of one of the biggest leaks of all time? By declassifying the entire trove of documents.

Granted, it’s unlikely that the government will make a habit of this, but at noon on Monday, the National Archives and Records Administration declassified all 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers. First leaked by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971, when the New York Times published a series of reports based on the papers on June 13 of that year, Americans learned the truth behind the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. The Times’ articles triggered a constitutional crisis over freedom of the press and a series of legal battles with the Nixon administration that culminated in a Supreme Court victory for the Times.

So why now? The bulk of the Pentagon Papers has been available to readers for 40 years. The declassified documents will include every single word, reportedly including 11 secret words that the government had initially said would remain classified. We speak with the original source himself, Ellsberg, on the Pentagon Papers, past and present.

Guest:

• Daniel Ellsberg, Former military analyst, author of “Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers”

More:

• National Archives: The Complete Pentagon Papers
• POV (PBS) Featured Documentary: “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

The Most Dangerous Man in America – Trailer

Dogwoof
Published on Nov 25, 2010

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a top military strategist working for the RAND Corporation, leaked a 7,000-page document known as the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. Disenchanted with the nation’s conduct in Vietnam, Ellsberg believed the release of the top secret paper–which outlined the ‘secret history’ of the war–was crucial to educating the public about the government’s lies and misdeeds. This documentary chronicles the media and political frenzy that Ellsberg unleashed, and traces the effect of the leak on public perception of both the war and the White House.

Carbon Free Boston | Institute for Sustainable Energy

Carbon Free Boston

What are we doing?

The City of Boston has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050, with interim goals of a 25 and 50 percent reduction by 2020 and 2030, respectively, relative to a 2005 baseline. As part of its mitigation effort, the City is collaborating with the Boston Green Ribbon Commission (GRC) and the Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) at Boston University to produce a Carbon Free Boston report in 2018. This report will quantify the most effective combination of technologies and policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the energy, buildings, transportation, and public service sectors. Carbon Free Boston will also inform the GHG strategies that will be articulated in the City’s Climate Action Plan Update that will be released in 2018.

The ISE is the technical lead in the development of a modeling platform that will identify a set of policies and technologies that effectively and efficiently meet the City’s emissions reductions targets. In that role, the ISE will coordinate the work of consultants, staff working with the City and the Commonwealth, academics, and others with expertise in specific sectors.

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Prepared City – Greenovate Boston – 2017

Prepared City – Updates

Despite the reduction of greenhouse gases by Boston and many other cities across the world, the global climate will continue to change for many years because of human’s contribution of pollution to the Earth’s atmosphere.

We are already noticing the effects of climate change here in Boston. We must adapt to the changes that have already occurred, and begin preparing for those to come. The 2014 City of Boston Climate Action Plan Update builds upon themes found in the 2011 Plan that integrates climate preparedness into all planning, program development, and project reviews undertaken by the City. It also advances implementation through increased community and intergovernmental engagement. As it has for many years, the City will strive to lead by example in preparing its own facilities and systems.

The City continues to monitor measures of risk, including sea-level averages, average annual temperature, number of days over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and precipitation patterns. The City is also working with local experts and other cities to understand and develop better indicators of urban and community preparedness that can be used to establish more concrete goals.

2018 Investor Summit: Next Steps for Asset Managers and Insurers on Climate Change

Ceres Channel
Published on Feb 14, 2018
Speakers:

Emily Chew, Global Head of ESG Research & Integration, Manulife Asset Management;

Nancy Kopp, Maryland State Treasurer;

Rakhi Kumar, Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship
State Street Global Advisors;

Hugh Lawson, Global Head, Institutional Client Strategy, Goldman Sachs Asset Management;

Nancy Pfund, Founder and Managing Partner, DBL Partners;

Maurice Tulloch, CEO International Insurance, Aviva.

Documents Archive – Boston Green Ribbon Commission

Is sea level rising?: Benjamin P. Horton at TEDxNavesink

TEDx Talks
Published on Nov 11, 2013

An analytical and historical look into the trend of rising sea levels, the effects of which are already being felt today, and the impact it could have on our shorelines in the not so distant future.

Major Sea Level Rise in Near Future | Jason Briner | TEDxBuffalo

TEDx Talks
Published on Dec 9, 2016

If you want to know what the changing climate is doing to the earth, ask someone who’s been there. Jason Briner has been above the Arctic Circle more than 35 times. He takes the big topic of global warming and shows you what it’s doing to a very important place in this talk. Jason P. Briner is an Associate Professor of Geology at the University at Buffalo. Briner’s research expertise lies in glaciers and climate, specifically in Arctic regions. His passion for Arctic environs obviously explains why, in 2005, Briner moved to Buffalo, NY. Briner has been above the Arctic Circle more than 35 times for his research, in the remote corners of Alaska, Arctic Canada, Greenland and Norway.

Why our Economic System in not Sustainable | Christian Kreiss | TEDxTUBerlin

TEDx Talks
Published on Jan 8, 2017

This TED talk shows how our existing property rights system necessarily triggers rising rent payments, thus creating rising inequality of wealth and income. The increasing money flows are used by the rich to invest in all kinds of fixed assets. But mass incomes lag behind. So overcapacities are created, a wedge is formed between offer and demand: a bubble forms and an inevitable bust follows. This is where the world economy now is heading for: Sooner or later we will see a very deep recession if not worse. We could avoid a coming depression by quite simple political measures: by reducing inequality that has built up during the last 35 years. Prof. Dr. Christian Kreiss was an investment banker for seven years before becoming professor for finance at Aalen University in 2002. Today he is strongly committed to change our economic system which, in his eyes, is not only unfair but also unsustainable.

Think Big! Solutions for a Sustainable Economy

Ceres Channel
Published on Apr 20, 2017

Imagine if the world’s largest investors and companies invested in solutions that protect the environment AND preserve their bottom lines…