Belmont High School hosts Senator Ed Markey

Join U.S. Senator Ed Markey and the leading climate change experts for a summit on one of the greatest crises of our time. Following a discussion of the current state of affairs of climate policy and possible solutions, questions will be taken from the audience.

We are honored to be joined by expert panelists:

Gina McCarthy, former EPA Administrator and current Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. John Holdren, former Chief Science and Technology Advisor to President Barack Obama and current Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Todd Stern, former U.S. Chief Negotiator for the Paris Climate Accord and current Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Distinguished Fellow at the World Resources Institute

For those of you who couldn’t attend, the BMC video of the event is here:

http://belmontmedia.org/watch/govt-ed-access/government-access-coverage

Notable comments are: 

Minute 1: Dave’s comments on Renewable Portfolio Standard legislation; 

Minute 3 : Will’s comments on the BHS Zero Net Energy Design; 

Minute 12 : Gina’s rousing speech.