A Climate Solution

Biography

Phil Nelson chairs the Golden Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a volunteer nonpartisan, nonprofit group that promotes legislation to counter climate change.  Phil is a geophysicist with degrees from MIT, with a career in mineral exploration working for Kennecott Copper, oil and gas production with Sohio Petroleum and BP, and nuclear waste disposal with the U.S. Geological Survey.  Since retiring, he devotes his time to Citizens’ Climate Lobby and to lecturing on aspects of climate change, extreme weather, and the human response to global warming.