SELECT COMMITTEE EXAMINES "DANGEROUS GLOBAL WARMING"

SELECT COMMITTEE EXAMINES "DANGEROUS GLOBAL WARMING"

THURSDAY HEARING EXPLORES HEALTH IMPACTS, STRONGER STORMS, WILDLIFE EFFECTS,  SOLUTIONS

(Washington, DC) - (April 23, 2007)  - This Thursday the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will delve into some of the more severe impacts we could face if solutions are not enacted today to cut the heat-trapping emissions causing global warming. The committee will explore the potential "tipping point" of global warming emissions in the atmosphere and what the consequences could be for human health, storms and other impacts if we pass this point. The committee will also look for solutions to avoid these possible impacts.

WHAT: Dangerous Climate Change

WHERE: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

WHEN: 10:00 AM, Thursday, April 26th, 2007

WHO:

Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Dr. Judith Curry, Chair, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Kristie Ebi, ESS, LLC and Lead author Human Health chapter, IPCC 4th Assessment, Working Group II

Dr. Camille Parmesan, Assistant Professor, University of Texas

Dr. John Helms, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley and Past President, Society of American Foresters

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