Stories about "Climate change"
Theologian’s lecture to propose ‘collective conscience’ as response to climate change
Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:05 pm
With climate change looming as a great challenge of this century, theologian Celia Deane-Drummond will call for the development of a collective conscience as a moral response to the phenomenon in a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Chase Hall Lounge.
'Plutonium cities,' climate change at issue
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:22 am
The winter's lectures at Bates begin with two intriguing guests. Kate Brown, an award-winning historian at the University of Maryland, discusses "plutonium cities" in the U.S. and Soviet Union at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). A day later, Kerry Emanuel, an influential professor of meteorology at MIT, presents "Uncertainty, Modeling and Climate Change" at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave.
Filmmaker to be on hand for screening of 'Climate Refugees'
Friday, October 8, 2010 3:54 pm
Bates College will show the 2009 film Climate Refugees that both addresses large-scale population displacement caused by climate change and questions the lack of any meaningful response to the problem at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, in the Filene Room (Room 301), Pettigrew Hall, 305 College St.
Bates announces Commencement 2010 honorands, speakers
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:21 pm
The 2010 Bates honorands are: Rennie Harris, the choreographer who brought hip hop to the mainstream world of dance; James McCarthy, a scientist recognized internationally for helping to communicate the science of climate change; Jane Pauley, the veteran television journalist; Elizabeth Strout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and 1977 Bates graduate; and Teresa Woodruff, a researcher responsible for pioneering work in the care of women who will become infertile due to cancer treatment.
Muskie '36 remembered for first Earth Day on 40th anniversary
Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:46 pm
The pivotal role of Edmund S. Muskie in the environmental movement is noted in this article in the St. Louis Beacon.
‘Dealing with Climate Change’
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 11:15 am
Maine Public Broadcasting Network rebroadcast the Harward Center’s September Civic Forum panel,…
Video: 350 at New Commons
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:36 pm
A video of table dancing at New Commons, organized by the student…
Lewiston-Auburn announces ‘350.org’ climate-change awareness efforts
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:43 pm
As climate activists worldwide take part in an International Day of Climate Action on Saturday, Oct. 24, Kennedy Park in downtown Lewiston will be the focus of local efforts supporting the cause.
MIT climate expert speaks on 'Deconstructing Global Warming'
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:58 am
Professor Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology and chair of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives a presentation titled "Deconstructing Global Warming" at Bates College at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, in the Keck Classroom.
Environmentalists, economist discuss climate change as Bates College opens Civic Forum series
Friday, September 11, 2009 10:33 am
The Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates College launches its 2009-10…