We speak with Grady McGonagill and Judy Weiss about a new climate group: Elder Climate Action . Their website says “We are grandparents, we are baby boomers, we are from the Greatest Generation. With age has come the wisdom, the perspective and the understanding that we are the guardians of future generations. We have arrived at the undeniable realization that if we don’t do something now, our grandchildren and future generations will suffer from our inaction.”
Elder Climate Action members will participate with the Citizen's Climate Lobby conference in DC. The CCL national conference is 6/19 and 6/20, and on 6/21 participants meet with every member of Congress or their aides. Portions of the conference will be live streamed, including Michael Mann’s Keynote address.
The reading list:
Here is a blog post on Michael Mann on the hockey stick. and here is some information about the conference:
Live Streaming & Recording of the CLL activities this weekend.
New this year! There will be a live stream of the conference here or from the home page of our website beginning Sunday, June 19 at 8:45 am EST. Please share the stream on your social media profile!
Live Stream Schedule:
Sunday, June 19: all times Eastern
9:00 - 9:45 am - Conference Kickoff and Opening Remarks
10:15 am - 12:30 pm - Climate Advocate Training
7:00 - 9:00pm - Evening Plenary and Communications Training
Monday, June 20: all times Eastern
9:00 - 9:30 am - Plenary with Mark Reynolds
9:30 - 10:30 am - Keynote featuring Dr. Michael Mann
11:00 - 11:15 am - Public Health Plenary with Dr. Jonathan Patz
11:15 am - 12:15 pm - How World Views and Morality Shape Communicating on Climate Change
12:15 - 12:30 pm - Plenary with Mark Reynolds
12:30 - 3:15 pm - No stream
3:15 - 4:15 pm - Climate Change and National Security
4:30 - 5:30 pm - Communicating with Conservatives
If you wish to interact during the live stream you may do so through CCL's Twitter account (@citizensclimate) with the hashtag #CCL2016 or on the YouTube event page's chat window.
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Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre