Making a Difference: We Can Do More
Community event:
The Heat Is On: Community Discussions on Climate Change
March 22 Making a Difference: We Can Do More.
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 7:30 p.m., at the 1912 Center in Moscow, Idaho, corner of 3rd Street and Van Buren Street.
Panelists and participants will look at activities of the City of Moscow and other communities and next steps. Speakers:
Scott Fedale: Chairman of the Moscow Health and Environment Commission. He will speak to ongoing efforts of the City of Moscow to reduce energy usage/global warming emissions and also future plans in this area.
Michael Jennings of The Nature Conservancy will speak on legislative efforts of U.S. states to reduce global warming emissions and carbon trading.
Al Poplawsky, Chairman of the Palouse Group of the Sierra Club will speak on the Sierra Club Cool Cities Program to assist US cities in signing and meeting the "U.S Mayors Climate Protection Agreement."
Gary Macfarlane of Friends of the Clearwater will talk about the
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. An act to be reintroduced into Congress again this year which proposes protecting large tracts of Northern Rockies roadless lands and corridors between them.
Nils Peterson, local activist will talk about how the City of Moscow Comprehensive Plan Revision might relate to development patterns, transportation options, and thus global warming emissions.
The event is supported by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, the Palouse Group of The Sierra Club, and the Moscow High School Environmental Club.
This will be the fifth and last of five sessions.
More information is available at:
http://www.moscowclimatechange.com
The Heat Is On: Community Discussions on Climate Change
March 22 Making a Difference: We Can Do More.
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 7:30 p.m., at the 1912 Center in Moscow, Idaho, corner of 3rd Street and Van Buren Street.
Panelists and participants will look at activities of the City of Moscow and other communities and next steps. Speakers:
Scott Fedale: Chairman of the Moscow Health and Environment Commission. He will speak to ongoing efforts of the City of Moscow to reduce energy usage/global warming emissions and also future plans in this area.
Michael Jennings of The Nature Conservancy will speak on legislative efforts of U.S. states to reduce global warming emissions and carbon trading.
Al Poplawsky, Chairman of the Palouse Group of the Sierra Club will speak on the Sierra Club Cool Cities Program to assist US cities in signing and meeting the "U.S Mayors Climate Protection Agreement."
Gary Macfarlane of Friends of the Clearwater will talk about the
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. An act to be reintroduced into Congress again this year which proposes protecting large tracts of Northern Rockies roadless lands and corridors between them.
Nils Peterson, local activist will talk about how the City of Moscow Comprehensive Plan Revision might relate to development patterns, transportation options, and thus global warming emissions.
The event is supported by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, the Palouse Group of The Sierra Club, and the Moscow High School Environmental Club.
This will be the fifth and last of five sessions.
More information is available at:
http://www.moscowclimatechange.com
Labels: climate change, global warming
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