Belmont student John Thomas Faircloth published an article, “The ‘Climate’ is Changing in Washington,” in the September 2013 issue of Financial Executive. The piece explores the potential short and long-term impacts of President Barack Obama’s climate change initiative released in June. Writing the article was part of his summer internship for the Government Affairs Office at Financial Executive International, a membership organization for senior-level financial executives in Washington D.C. Faircloth is a junior Honors student majoring in corporate communications and minoring in political science