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Sally Ranney is an American conservation advocate and business executive.
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Career
Ranney has worked with three U.S. Presidents throughout her career, including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and his transition team, and Ronald Reagan. She was appointed by President Reagan to serve for two years on his Presidential Commission on American Outdoors in 1985.[1] In 1992, Ranney contributed to the book Voices from the Environmental Movement: Perspectives For A New Era.[2] In a 2019 interview with Delo In Podjetništvo, Ranney said: "My boss is Mother Earth and I work for her."[3]
In a discussion at the Aspen Institute in 2013, with CNN founder Ted Turner and environmental analyst Lester R. Brown, Ranney suggested that a binding international treaty might be needed to tackle the global energy crisis.[4] She is a co-founder of the American Renewable Energy Institute,[5] where she has participated in discussions on climate-related issues alongside prominent leaders in the field. In a discussion with former president Jimmy Carter in 2014, she asked if he still stood by his assertion that Americans lacked a moral responsibility when it came to protecting the environment.[6][7]
Ranney is the founder and president of Global Choices, a climate action nonprofit focused on protecting the "global commons".[8]
Ranney has received several environmental awards, including the Horace Albright Award and the International Conservation Award.[9]
Personal life
Ranney is a longtime partner of media entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner.[10]
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