Thank you for the info and suggestion for question - will try to
ask this IF (and that's a big IF) they have Q&A from
audience. I recognize the high percentage of climate-deniers
amongst the panelists and hope to call that out also by stating
that 97% of scientists agree that current climate change is
unequivocally man-made, so why do we have such a large
percentage on the panel who deny it's happening. And what does
that say about McKinley - who apparently wants to hold the state
back and has no realistic vision for the future. Hopefully
there will be enough people in the audience who do live in
reality and want to move our state forward. Thanks again.
, "David W. Sturm"
I would love to attend, but am getting saturated with
stuff, and this one seems like it is stacked. While Anne
Petsonk (Morgantown native) is the token environmentalist, she
is lined up against a staffer for Inhofe, the Competitive
Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation, Dennis Avery,
and John Christy. And those are just the ones I recognize.
McKinely has tipped his hand based on the line-up for this
event, so do not expect a rational, science-based discussion,
expect propaganda and distorted science at best.
If I had the time, I would attend just to show support for
Petsonk. And to ask McKinley, this question: "Even without a
carbon tax, every rational expert expects coal production in
West Virginia to decline by half or more in the next ten
years. What will he do to replace that industry, or does he
still want us to think that coal's best days are ahead?"
So
do we HAVE to RSVP? Seems odd for an event hosted by our
Representative and said to be "open to the public". Of
course, requiring an RSVP will limit how many members of the
public attend (I guess that's the point).
From: "Jonathan Rosenbaum"
<jr@wvcompletestreets.org>
To: "Energy Committee"
<ec@osenergy.org>, "Carol
Nix"
<almostnixie@cs.com>, "Sally Wilts"
<sallywilts@yahoo.com>, "Liz Wiles"
<liz_wiles@comcast.net>, "David W. Sturm"
<davidsturm@ymail.com>, "Hannah Spencer"
<hspencer@mix.wvu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:13:34 PM
Subject: May 30 - McKinley Climate Change Forum
May be an interesting event for some local Sierra Club members
to attend:
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV)
announced a panel of distinguished experts in the field of
climate science will conduct a panel discussion in Fairmont.
What: Discussion on the Origins and Response to Climate Change
Who: The Office of Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) and the
West Virginia High Tech Consortium Foundation
Where: W.Va. High Tech Consortium Foundation, 5000 NASA
Boulevard, I-79 Technology Park in Fairmont, WV
When: Thursday, May 30th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This event is open to the media and the public. Please call
202-225-4172 for more information or to R.S.V.P.
Confirmed Attendees:
• Annie Petsonk, International Counsel of Environmental
Defense Fund.
• Marc Morano, Executive Director and Chief Correspondent for
ClimateDepot.com; former senior advisor, speech-writer and
climate researcher for Senator James Inhofe.
• Jim Hurrell, Director, NCAR Earth System Laboratory.
• Myron Ebell, Director of Energy and Environment, Competitive
Enterprise Institute.
• David Kreutzer, Ph.D., Research Fellow in Energy Economics
and Climate Change, The Heritage Foundation.
• Thomas Sheahan, Ph.D., MIT educated physicist and author.
• Dennis Avery, Director, Center for Global Food Issues at the
Hudson Institute and author of “Unstoppable Global Warming
Every 1,500 Years”.
• Sarah Forbes, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute.
• A. Scott Denning, Professor, Department of Atmospheric
Science, Colorado State University.
• Dr. John Christy, Distinguished Professors of atmospheric
science, and director of the Earth System Science Center at
the University of Alabama in Huntsville.