The Environmental Wars Conference: June 2-4, 2006

[LongTomH]

Got this from the SciAm Observations blog. There's going to be a conference at the California Institute of Technology featuring people from all sides of the Global Climate Change (Global Warming) debate.

The Environmental Wars: Preliminary Skirmishes:

Why are we still debating climate change? How soon will we hit peak oil supply? When politics mix with science, what is being brewed? Join speakers from the left & the right, from the lab & the field, from industry & advocacy, as we air the ongoing debate about whether human activity is actually changing the climate of the planet.

From June 2-4, 2006, the Environmental Wars conference will host scientists, writers, environmentalists, and thinkers from all points along the environmental spectrum at the California Institute of Technology for questions, answers, and opinions.

The speaker list is an inflammable mix that includes the novelist and self-appointed climate expert Michael Crichton, ABC 20/20 host John Stossel, Nobel laureate David Baltimore, Chris (The Republican War on Science) Mooney, Ronald Bailey of Reason, physicist and science fiction writer Gregory Benford, and more. No end of fun there!

Here's a link to the conference organizers for those who think they might attend. This really sounds like fun; I just wish I had the time off and money to attend.