What's in Our Future? Climate Change and Energy Options

Yesterday evening was the first of a three-part series on climate change and the energy options that face humanity. The venue was the Hubbard Room in Russell Library. One focus of the fascinating discussion was whether global warming precedes or follows the rise of CO2 levels in the atmosphere. For more on that chicken-and-egg question, click here. The link will explain the following graph too.


We also learned about the precession of the earth as it spins, top-like, on its axis, and how the angle of its tilt shifts slightly over the millennia--stimulating, it is argued, the changes in surface temperature on the planet. For more on that mouthful, click here.

The next installment in the series is:

Monday, October 25, 7pm
Hubbard Room, Russell Library
William Trousdale, Wesleyan Professor Emeritus of Physics, and Marvin Farbman, former Director of CT Legal Services, leads this seminar series. The first session on October 18th focused on global warming and a profile of energy use. The second meeting will be on Monday, October 25, and will consider the history and future use of nuclear energy. The last session on Monday, November 8 will examine the pros and cons of solar power along with other energy choices.

Come and learn about the Nuclear Option! And much else besides.

Talk on Global Warming and Energy Policy

The Jonah Center for Earth and Art invites the public to a talk by Roger Smith, Coordinator of the Connecticut Climate Coalition and Campaign Director of Clean Water Action. Roger will tell us what energy- and climate-related legislation is coming up in the January 2009 session of the Connecticut General Assembly.

Roger Smith will speak on Tuesday, December 9, at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Room at First Church of Christ, UCC, 190 Court Street, in Middletown.

In what will certainly be another tough budget year, citizen action will be critical in order to pass progressive energy-related legislation to improve our quality of life and slow global warming.

The Jonah Center for Earth and Art (www.thejonahcenter.org) is a Middletown nonprofit organization that promotes environmental education and advocacy, renewable energy, and opportunities for outdoor recreation and environmental art.

For more information, contact John Hall at (860) 346-6657 ext. 13.