History
The Northwest Council on Climate Change was created in November 1996 after a presentation by the Hon. Timothy Wirth, the United States Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs at an event sponsored by the Climate Action Network (CAN) www.igc.apc.org/climate/AboutCAN.html at the University of Washington in Seattle. 

The Co-Founders were Blair Henry, a Seattle business attorney and mediator, Dr. Richard Gammon, a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry and Oceanography at the University of Washington, and Jack Cullen, and engineer with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

Dozens of exploratory, bi-weekly dinner meetings were held in Seattle.  Key attendees included the Honorable Margaret Pageler, President, Seattle City Council, the Honorable Jay Inslee, Member of Congress, The Honorable Karen Fraser, Washington State Senate, The Honorable Jennifer Belcher, Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", Denis Hayes, Bullitt Foundation, as well as many of our local, nationally recognized scientists including Drs. Ed Miles, Conway Leovy, Ed Sarachik and Bob Fleagle.

Within six months, Dr. Miles was asked by The White House to host one the country's first regional White House Conferences on Climate Change in 1997 pursuant to Congressional mandate.  Dr. Miles sought the assistance of The Northwest Council on Climate Change.  From there The Council has participated in no less than:

Co-Organizer, White House Conference on Climate
    Change, Seattle, Washington 1997
Team Member, U.S. Global Change Research Program
    Aspen, Colorado 1997
Attendee, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate
    Change, Kyoto, Japan 1997
Steering Committee, U.S. National Forum on Climate
    Change, Washington, DC 1998
Team Member, White House Conference on Climate
    Change Honolulu, Hawaii 1998
Team Member, White House Conference on Climate
    Change, Santa Barbara, California 1998
Drafter of over 16 legislative bills
Over 160 presentations to over 16,000 participants

President
The Council President and Co-Founder is
Dr. Blair Henry, author of Climate Change in a Nutshell, a policymaker’s guide to solving global warming in time - key statistics - a critical goal - what works and what won’t
acknowledged by the Hon. John Turner, lead U.S. State Department negotiator on climate change as "The best summary of climate change I've ever seen."

Dr. Henry researched the potential for development of very large-scale wind energy projects in the Midwestern United States. He has made over 160 presentations to over 16,000 attendees, attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP-3 in Kyoto Kyoto Japan in 1997 and has organized climate change conferences for the Office of the President of the United States.

Dr. Henry is a former Professor, Earth System Science Institute, University of North Dakota, a former Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, College of Business and Public Administration, University of North Dakota and the Co-Founder & Executive Director of the North Dakota Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Expertise
The Council has relied heavily on the extraordinary expertise and generosity of its Members in areas such as
    Air Quality
    Public Health
    Clean Energies
    Climate Science
    Forestry
    Policy, Law and Economics

Our world-class experts are available to consult globally on matters related, but not limited to
    Climate science
    Climate and energy projections
    Projected impacts
    Policy
    Stabilization goals
    Emission inventories, targeting, planning
    Climate solutions
    Clean energy development
    Legal
    Collaboration

Member Organizations
We are very proud to have access to the generosity and expertise of the following Member Organizations:

National---
    Alliance to Save Energy, Washington DC
    The Climate Institute, Washington DC
    Environmental Defense, New York
    Natural Resources Defense Council, New York
    Physicians for Social Responsibility, WaDC
    Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
    World Resources Institute, Washington DC,

Regional---
    Climate Neutral Network, Portland, Oregon
    Climate Solutions, Olympia, Washington
    The David Suzuki Foundation, Vancouver, BC 
    The Green House Network, Portland, Oregon

Individual Members
Our eighty individual members include members of no less than
    The United States National Academy of Sciences
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change  
    The United States National Assessment on the
    Consequences of Climate Change and Variability
    The Climate Impacts Group – Univ. of Washington

Our members include employees of
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
    U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service
    U.S. Department of Energy
    U.S. Department of Interior
    U.S. Geological Survey 
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Oregon Office of Energy
    Oregon Parks Department
    Washington State Department of Community,
    Trade & Economic Development
    Washington State Department of Ecology
    Washington State Department of Natural
    Resources
    Washington State Department of Transportation
    Washington State University Energy Program
    Seattle City Council
    Seattle City Light
    Seattle Public Utilities
    Northwest Power Planning Council
    Puget Sound Air Quality Control Agency Pollution

No less than the following disciplines are included amongst our members:
    Agriculture
    Atmospheric Sciences
    Chemistry
    Communications
    Conflict Resolution
    Education
    Fisheries
    Forestry
    Law
    Marine Affairs
    Medicine
    Oceanography
    Public Health

Financial Contributors
The accomplishments of The Northwest Council on Climate Change are directly attributable to the thousands of hours, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of time donated by the Members of The Council.  The following have also graciously assisted our work with significant financial contributions
    Matt McCline
    The Bullitt Foundation, Seattle
    The Equality Network, Seattle
    Christy Thornton
    EPA Region 10
    The Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
    Patti and George Lowe
    Toni Potter
    Donna Ewing and Sue Minahan
    Hon. Karen Fraser
    Dr. Conway Leovy
    Father Jack Slee
    Doug Canning
    Lois Harbaugh
    Denis Hayes
    Steve Johnson
    Darlene Madenwald
    Linda VerNooy

Contributions are welcome and tax deductible

Hiring Us
    The Alaska Forum on the Environment
    Association of Commuter Transportation
    City of Bellevue, Washington
    Bellevue Community College - Phi Theta Kappa
    The Metropolitan Organizing Project
    The Olympic Water Watchers
    Pacific Northwest Waste Management Association
    Plymouth Congregational Church
    The Skagit Valley Watershed Masters
    Snohomish County Community Transit
    The United States Agency for International
    Development
    The United States Department of Energy
    The United States General Services Administration
    The United States Environmental Protection Agency
    Zonta International

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