Resolved: The Bush administration has been grossly negligent about the global warming problem

[ce...@yale.edu]

Tuesday, September 13, 7:30pm in LC 102. Dean of the Yale School of
Forestry and Environmental Studies Gus Speth

>From 1993 to 1999, Dean Speth served as administrator of the United
Nations Development Programme and chair of the UN Development Group.
Prior to his service at the UN, he was founder and president of the
World Resources Insti-tute; professor of law at Georgetown University;
chairman of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality; and senior
attorney and cofounder, Natural Resources Defense Council.

Throughout his career, Dean Speth has provided leadership and
entrepreneurial initiatives to many task forces and committees whose
roles have been to combat environmental degradation, including the
President's Task Force on Global Resources and Environment; the
Western Hemisphere Dialogue on Environment and Development; and the
National Commission on the Environment. Among his awards are the
National Wildlife Federation's Resources Defense Award, the Natural
Resources Council of America's Barbara Swain Award of Honor, a 1997
Special Recognition Award from the Society for International
Development, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Environmental Law
Institute, and the Blue Planet Prize. Publications include Red Sky at
Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment; Worlds
Apart: Globalization and the Environment; and articles in Foreign
Policy, Foreign Affairs, Environmental Science and Technology, the
Columbia Journal World of Business, and other journals and books.

relevant links:
http://www.ems.org/nws/2004/05/26/yale_university_
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300102321/ref%3Dnosim/nrdc-20/104-7353456-4891969

[Roge...@yale.edu]

I thought Dean Speth's message was very persuasive - and, as usual when
I hear information on this topic - very alarming. I was glad to see
the resolution passed, if by too small a margin. My friends on the
right side of the room seem to find themselves arguing against science
in a number of different debates these days.