Climate change lecture series continues ...

On Thursday, February 10, 2011, Calvin College will host the third in a four-part lecture series, titled "Thinking About and Responding to Climate Change." The lecture will be given at 8 p.m. in the Science Building (Room 110).

Kristin Shrader-Frechette, a professor in the departments of philosophy and biological science at Notre Dame and a world renowned environmental ethicist, will give the lecture: "The Best Science Money Can Buy: How Fossil-Fuel and Nuclear Interests Manipulate Climate-Relevant Information."

Schrader-Frechette's lecture dissects relevant science to show that scientific consensus has accepted: anthropogenic climate change since at least 1995; that nuclear fission is not a low-carbon electricity source; that nuclear fission is not safe, as revealed by Price-Anderson, and that the nuclear industry "trims the data" on atomic-energy costs. She concludes that energy efficiency, conservation, wind, and solar photo-voltaic are able to address climate change.

Shrader-Frechette has authored nearly 400 articles--appearing in journals such as "Science," "BioScience," and "Biological Theory"--and has authored 16 books, the most recent titled "Taking Action, Saving Lives" (Oxford University Press, 2007). In addition, she has lectured to the national academies of science of three nations and has served in leadership roles on numerous national committees related to environmental issues.

For more information, contact Ken Piers at 616-526-6491.

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Received on Thu Feb 3 14:47:50 2011