Date: Tuesday May 8th
Time: 7:00 PM ET (Book signing at 6 PM)
Location: Shea Theatre, Islip Arts Bldg. (Campus Map, park near Bldg. O)
Selden, NY – Suffolk County Community College will host Dr. Michael E. Mann, Professor and Director of Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, as he speaks on the topic of climate change science and the political controversy associated with the reality of human-caused global warming, on Tuesday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. in Shea Theatre in the Islip Arts Building on the Ammerman Campus in Selden.
Dr. Mann is an internationally recognized climate scientist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and accomplished author. He will be available for a book signing at 6:00 p.m. at the same location. The event is free and open to the general public.
Dr. Mann’s famous “hockey stick” global temperature reconstruction was prominently featured in the 2001 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Summary for Policymakers and since then, the hockey stick has become an icon in what he calls the “Climate Wars.” His research clearly showed that modern day temperatures are significantly higher than at any time in the past 1000 years and subsequent research by Dr. Mann and others have extended this time frame back to 2000 years.
Dr. Mann recently published The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines by Columbia University Press. In this publication Dr. Mann says,
“In short, I attempt to use the Hockey Stick to cut through the fog of disinformation that has been generated by the campaign to deny the reality of climate change. It is my intent, in so doing, to reveal the very real threat to our future that lies behind it.”
This event is sponsored by Suffolk County Community College’s Office of Campus Activities and Student Leadership Development on the Ammerman Campus in Selden. For more information, please contact Professor Scott A. Mandia at mandias@sunysuffolk.edu or 631-451-4104.
For more information about Dr. Mann see The College Reporter
We need to reduce our emissions of carbon for the sake of our public health, national security, and economic competitiveness. Surely it is foolish to base our economic energy needs on sources that are dwindling in supply and increasing in price when, instead, we could move toward energy efficiency and cheaper-by-the-year, infinite sources such as the sun and wind. If we stay addicted to fossil fuels and do not begin investing in those technologies now, we will be buying them from China in the future instead of selling it to them.
Not my intention at all. Much of the scientific literature is filled with technical jargon making it difficult to read. The Guide I referred to makes the science easy to understand. I, along with most people, will always prefer an easy/simple explanation whenever possible.
Not possible. The global cooling/global warming/climate change issue will be forever linked to politics because many of its most prominent scientists have shown themselves to be easily corrupted. Like it or not, debate of this issue will always be as much political as scientific. The revelations behind the leaked emails also show how anti-human so many so-called environmentalists are -- in those emails, several prominent ones wished for a good 'ol plague to wipe out a bunch of us pesky humans. Mann, Hansen, et al had their true feelings revealed, and they cannot expect their credibility to ever be restored.
http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2012/04/if-you-still-believe-that-climategate.html
But then what could we expect from a state university of NYS, that removed Christian and Jewish religious holidays from it's school calendar ? Forcing students to chose between their personal, religious faith or going to school is one of the Left's favorite "political causes", but we are supposed to believe it isn't "political" or anti Religion ? Presenting a promoter of Fake "Climate Science" on the Tax Payer's "dime", isn't "political" as well ? Sure.
As I have shown, stolen emails for a handful of scientists does not invalidate physics and data especially when there are thousands of scientific papers submitted every month that support that data. Those emails also were investigated by several independent bodies and Dr. Michael Mann was exonerated by all. In fact, he recently won the Hans Oescher Award which is one of the most prestigious awards a scientists can win. It is like an actor winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Academy Awards ceremony. I am confident that readers here can see the difference between reasoned arguments and emotional rhetoric that is unsupported by factual information. This comment chain illustrates why Dr. Mann and many others have been attacked because their research is inconvenient to those that have a political or financial agenda. ExxonMobil is profiting over $100 million per day this year and so one can easily see how there are forces that do not wish us to move toward cleaner, renewable energy. Fossil fuel-backed groups are fooling people like those we see posting here and elsewhere. The saddest part is that our tax dollars are subsidizing these corporate billionaires while some here are unwittingly doing their dirty work for them by attacking science.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Black-Book-Communism-Repression/dp/0674076087/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335966258&sr=8-1 Giving (or having taken) power from the people placing it in the hands of the government -- whether it is for "peace", or to save mankind from the weather, etc -- almost always ends up the same way -- with millions dead. Governments have killed way more people than Exxon Et al. ever have. This is why the "climate change" crowd is ultimately so creepy -- they are willing to sacrifice the sovereignty and, ultimately, the lives, of "the people" to fulfill some sort of Utopian dream, and they convince many people of the righteousness of their goals. Of course, all of those who press to further these ideas always see themselves as the people wielding the power, not being part of the masses.
Our military experts and our health experts are trying to save us from self-sacrifice. Not addressing climate change threatens our well-being, our national security, and our economic competitiveness. We are killing ourselves and others by inaction, not to mention playing God with nature. Do we have this right? It is unfortunate that you have fallen victim to a well-oiled misinformation machine that is taking your money while you unwittingly do their bidding. All of this is well-detailed here: http://bit.ly/8gctAZ Back in 1995 Exxon, along with other fossil fuel interests, asked their own scientists about global warming and these scientists stated: "The scientific basis for the Greenhouse Effect and the potential impact of human emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2 on climate is well established and cannot be denied," the experts wrote in an internal report compiled for the coalition in 1995. Guess what Exxon did with this information? They buried it and began a massive anti-science campaign to manufacture doubt in the minds of people such as yourself. AND your tax dollars subsidized this campaign. Imagine that. You paid a rich corporation to lie to you. I am very angry and so should all of you. While we bicker China is kicking our behinds in the next tech revolution which is alternative energy. I want my children to be healthy and safe and for America to win the tech race, don't you? Don't we all?
But you "Leftie's" want us Slaves of Big Government, where they can use Fake Science to enslave us MORE than they already do. I would rather utilize our God Given natural resources To The Max, and Light one incandescent light bulb, than curse the darkness of curly light bulb ! There are plenty God Given natural resources, and they are here for our maximum exploitation and Comfort.
Dr. Mann is a scientist of the utmost integrity. Nothing in any emails invalidates his science. If Dr. Mann were never born, seas would still be rising, heat waves, droughts, and floods would still be devastating societies, ice would still be melting, species would still be going extinct, reefs would still be dying, health conditions would be deteriorating, etc, etc., etc. Because iof Dr. Mann and others we know why this is happening and how we can avoid even greater risks. You are allowing yourself to get distracted when you engage people who believe that Dr. Mann or thousands of international scientists must be colluding to defraud billions of people. And ExxonMobil and the Koch Industries keep smiling as people remain distracted and they make billions in profits every month while many in this world are struggling. BTW, more than half (59%) of our national trade deficit is imported fossil fuels and many of the countries we import from are considered unsafe for Americans to visit.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/al-gore/koch-brother-funded-study_b_1032439.html
Remember now...no politics !
What you want to support is Fake, socalled "green jobs" spending like Solyndra. This only enriches "bundlers" for The Regime, and fake "jobs". You are only concerned about the Deficit and energy initiatives that fit into your Progressive template...not things that have been proven successful. Only God only knows what you teach in that classroom of yours, but it's not anything practical and proven successful...by companies like EXXONMOBIL and KOCH.
I would rather read the Climate gate emails, specifically.
http://youtu.be/OYo5KCqCp3w
http://youtu.be/Dn2iZoDGP1Q
http://news.investors.com/article/623331/201208231845/climate-gate-zealot-michael-mann-threatens-lawsuit.htm?p=full