Madison Wis. - Day three of an exciting conference is beginning. Hundreds of SEJ members grab their morning coffee and pack themselves into the Madison/Wisconsin Ballroom on the 2nd floor of our hotel. Waiting in anticipation for Al Gore who will be addressing the conference with guest speakers Jane Lubchenco, undersecretary of commerce for Oceans and Atmophere, James Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy Corporation, Nancy Sutley, chair White House Council on Environmental Quality and Changhua Wu, greater China Director, The Climate Group.
8:57 a.m. Moderator Andre Revkin begins the session by talking and discussing Generation E, the next generation to inherit climate change. He then introduces the speaker of the morning Al Gore.
9:00 a.m. Wow, would have never thought I would get the chance to be in the same room as Al Gore. What an honor for me - he receives a standing ovation upon entering the room.
9:01 a.m. Gore feels there is something underway at Copenhagen, were the next big discussion about global warming will take place. He feels optimistic about the conference.
9:16 a.m. - Gore discuss the challenge of the climate crisis and how it is so complex it requires decisions to be made in every nation, but he wants everyone to understand the progress that has been made in our nation and across the world. He thanks President Obama, and congratulates him on his nobel peace prize nomination, for introducing a stimulus plan in the first six months of his presidency that carries a large amount of renewable electricity. He believes the construction of this super grid will bring in new devices, technologies connecting and saving energy throughout the country. "We are going to see an economic boost from the introduction of new energy and electrical energy savings," he said.
8:57 a.m. Moderator Andre Revkin begins the session by talking and discussing Generation E, the next generation to inherit climate change. He then introduces the speaker of the morning Al Gore.
9:00 a.m. Wow, would have never thought I would get the chance to be in the same room as Al Gore. What an honor for me - he receives a standing ovation upon entering the room.
9:01 a.m. Gore feels there is something underway at Copenhagen, were the next big discussion about global warming will take place. He feels optimistic about the conference.
9:16 a.m. - Gore discuss the challenge of the climate crisis and how it is so complex it requires decisions to be made in every nation, but he wants everyone to understand the progress that has been made in our nation and across the world. He thanks President Obama, and congratulates him on his nobel peace prize nomination, for introducing a stimulus plan in the first six months of his presidency that carries a large amount of renewable electricity. He believes the construction of this super grid will bring in new devices, technologies connecting and saving energy throughout the country. "We are going to see an economic boost from the introduction of new energy and electrical energy savings," he said.
9:20 a.m. - Gore discussing the recent CO2 legislation that passed in Congress, to his surprise. To which I totally agree it was a surprise and a step towards legislation reversing the affects of the Bush administration.
9:22 a.m. - Gore believes, as I do, that the results in Copenhagen will be less then what many environmentalists want.
9:29 a.m. - "A lot of the changes that will be put in place in order to accomplish the steeps production to reduce emissions...changes in entire systems and processes," Gore said. "I think that there has been a very powerful recognition that there is a linkage between the climate crisis and the economic crisis."
9:31 a.m. The answer is a shift from bases on carbon based fuels to other energy sources. The world is going to change and Gore feels Copenhagen is a step in the right direction
9:33 a.m. - "We are in an exciting time," he said. "It is the most difficult crisis we are facing, but it brings more jobs...and will solve other problems as we get our arms around the solution of the climate crisis."
9:35 a.m. - Gore calls to action to all in understanding how can you be part of the solution. "Making a personal decisions that this is up to us," he said.
Adding, "Never has a single generation been asked to make such difficult and consequential decisions that will have implications for all succeeding generation. I believe we have all the tools we need to solve four climate crisis. But we only have to solve one."
Look soon for my response and analysis of Al Gore's speech and coverage of the Q&A session later on the Green Gab blog.
9:22 a.m. - Gore believes, as I do, that the results in Copenhagen will be less then what many environmentalists want.
9:29 a.m. - "A lot of the changes that will be put in place in order to accomplish the steeps production to reduce emissions...changes in entire systems and processes," Gore said. "I think that there has been a very powerful recognition that there is a linkage between the climate crisis and the economic crisis."
9:31 a.m. The answer is a shift from bases on carbon based fuels to other energy sources. The world is going to change and Gore feels Copenhagen is a step in the right direction
9:33 a.m. - "We are in an exciting time," he said. "It is the most difficult crisis we are facing, but it brings more jobs...and will solve other problems as we get our arms around the solution of the climate crisis."
9:35 a.m. - Gore calls to action to all in understanding how can you be part of the solution. "Making a personal decisions that this is up to us," he said.
Adding, "Never has a single generation been asked to make such difficult and consequential decisions that will have implications for all succeeding generation. I believe we have all the tools we need to solve four climate crisis. But we only have to solve one."
Look soon for my response and analysis of Al Gore's speech and coverage of the Q&A session later on the Green Gab blog.
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