04/04/2018
Teach-In event TODAY, open to the public!
"Post-Carbon Futures in a Fact-Challenged Present"
5:00-6:30pm
Williams Hall, Room 623
255 S. 36th St.
As we think about the present and future of the carbon economy, this roundtable brings together experts on energy transitions past and present as well as energy and health policy at the state and local level. The roundtable features Brian Black (Distinguished Professor, History and Environmental Studies, Penn State Altoona, author of Petrolia), Christine Knapp (Director, City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability), Pouné Saberi, Physicians for Social Responsibility), and John Quigley (Director, Center for Environment, Energy, and Economy, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology). The event will be moderated by PPEH Faculty director Bethany Wiggin, and followed by a free reception also in Williams Hall sponsored by our friends at Wolf Humanities Center at Penn.
Presented by Penn Program in Environmental Humanities. Co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Faculty Senate, Wolf Humanities Center, and Penn Sustainability.
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