Climate Change Teach-In
During the Vietnam War, there were "teach-ins" to inform students about that conflict. Now hundreds of universities across the country on Thursday (1/31/08) are planning similar events called "Focus the Nation" to educate young people about global warming, according to Rena Steinzor, an environmental law professor at the University of Maryland. To learn more, click here.
"It's an appeal to student activism," Steinzor said.
The public is welcome to a free educational session about climate change that starts 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the University of Maryland School of Law library at 500 W. Baltimore Street in the city. Maryland Environmental Secretary Shari T. Wilson is the keynote speaker. But throughout the day, other speakers will include author and climate activist Mike Tidwell; Environment Maryland director Brad Heavner; Mike Walker, a senior EPA enforcement attorney; and John Kostyack, wildlife conservation and global warming expert at the National Wildlife Federation.
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FOCUS THE NATION 2008 at University of Maryland, Baltimore
January 31st- 500 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
9:30 - 10:00am:
Keynote Address
Shari Wilson, MD Secretary of the Environment
10:00 - 11:30am: Climate Change and Maryland Legislation - Maryland's Role in Combating Global
Warming - Clean Cars, Renewable Portfolio and RGGI
Tad Aburn,
Director, Air and Radiation Management Administration at Maryland Dept. of the Environment
Mike Tidwell
Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Brad Heavner
State Director, Environment Maryland
Moderator: Prof. Jane Barret
11:30am - 1:00 pm: Climate Change and Energy - Building a Sustainable Energy Future
Dave Hamilton
Director, Sierra Club Energy and Global Warming Program
Todd Foley
Director, Business Development and External Affairs, BP Solar
Lisa Jacobson
Executive Director, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Robert Means
Professor, Climate and Energy Policy, University of Maryland
Moderator: Prof. Ruth Fleischer
1:00 - 2:00: LUNCH
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Climate Change and the Law - Legal Tools to Fight Climate Change
David Doniger,
Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council - Climate Center
Prof. Mike Walker
Senior Enforcement Counsel for Administrative Litigation, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, EPA
John Kostyack
Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation and Global Warming, National Wildlife Federation
Moderator: Prof. Jane Barret
3:30 - 5:00 pm: Science and the Effects of Climate Change - Environmental and Human Health Effects
Dr. Anthony C. Janetos
Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute
Caroline (Cal) Baier-Anderson
Health Scientist, Environmental Defense
Kristie L. Ebi, Ph.D., MPH
ESS, LLC
Environmental Scientist
Dr. Brian Needleman
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Environmental Science and Technology
Moderator: Megan Roberts-Satinsky
5:00pm: Closing
