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Energy policy professor, former ORNL manager to discuss sustainable energy

Posted at 8:22 am June 19, 2014
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Marilyn Brown

Marilyn Brown

The 17th Annual Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series opens on Thursday, June 26, featuring Professor Marilyn Brown, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Lab in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The title of her June 26 lecture is “Technologies and Policies for a Sustainable Energy Future.” It’s sponsored by Friends of ORNL. The event is free of charge and will be held at the American Museum of Science and Energy at 300 S. Tulane Ave. in Oak Ridge.

Before moving to Georgia Tech in 2006, Brown managed the Efficiency, Renewables, and Electric Grid Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is also a board member of the Tennessee Valley Authority. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Community, Education, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: climate, Climate and Energy Policy Lab, climate change, Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series, energy, fossil fuels, Friends of ORNL, Georgia Institute of Technology, Marilyn Brown, Nobel Peace Prize, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, School of Public Policy, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, sustainable energy, Technologies and Policies for a Sustainable Energy Future, Tennessee Valley Authority

Buchanan elected fellow of American Chemical Society

Posted at 9:50 pm August 7, 2013
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher A.C. Buchanan III has been elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society.

Buchanan, a member of ORNL’s Chemical Sciences Division, was recognized for his contributions to the fundamental understanding of the thermochemical transformations of fossil and renewable fuels. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, Top Stories Tagged With: A.C. Buchanan III, ACS, American Chemical Society, Chemical Sciences Division, fellow, fossil fuels, metal oxide supports, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, physical chemistry, renewable fuels, thermochemical transformations

‘Do the math’ about fossil fuels, global warming, activist says

Posted at 11:04 pm July 25, 2013
By Carolyn Krause 2 Comments

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

Since April 21, environmental activist Bill McKibben’s “Do the Math” movie has been shown around the nation and world. Its message is that catastrophic climate change looms large this century if fossil fuel use is not restricted.

In Oak Ridge, the movie has been shown several times at First Presbyterian Church, which is sponsoring McKibben’s lecture on Sunday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. The movie can be downloaded from McKibben’s grassroots organization www.350.org.

The author of two classics of environmental literature, “The End of Nature,” and “Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet,” McKibben had the movie made after 350.org’s successful “Do the Math” tour of cities last fall. “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math,” McKibben’s article a year ago in Rolling Stone magazine, inspired the tour. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community, Federal, Government, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: 350 ppm, 350.org, 400 ppm, Bill McKibben, carbon dioxide, climate change, Do the Math, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, environmental activist, First Presbyterian Church, fossil fuels, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, The End of Nature

Green author, activist to speak Aug. 18 in Oak Ridge

Posted at 2:06 am June 28, 2013
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Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben, “the planet’s best green journalist,” according to Time magazine and author of a dozen books about the environment, will speak on fossil fuels and climate change in August in Oak Ridge.

The lecture will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center.

McKibben is a founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org, which has coordinated 15,000 rallies in 190 countries since 2009 and sponsored a 21-city “Do The Math” tour last fall. The “Do The Math” movie has been shown in numerous cities this past spring and several times at First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge, including by a new Secret City Sustainability group of college students. The movie is available online at 350.org. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: 350.org, activist, author, Bill McKibben, carbon dioxide, climate change, Do the Math, Eaarth, ecumenical service, environment, First Presbyterian Chuch of Oak Ridge, fossil fuels, green journalist, Jackson B. Davidson Memorial Lecture on Science and Religion, lecture, Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, potluck, Sharon Youngs, The End of Nature, writer

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