June 8 climate roundtable to feature city officials - Akron Beacon Journal
June 8 climate roundtable to feature city officials
Climate roundtable returns to Hudson June 8
Derek Kreider
Hudson residents have another chance to get involved with the Hudson League of Women Voters' Climate Crisis & Environmental Sustainability Committee this month.
The roundtable discussion will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. June 8 in the Hudson High School Media Center at 2500 Hudson Aurora Road (entrance E on the northeast side of the school). Elevator access will be available.
All Hudson residents are invited, no reservations are required.
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Speakers will include Hudson City Council President Chris Foster, Hudson Board of Education member Tom Tobin and Karen Leith, a member of the Hudson chapter of the LWV.
For more information, Contact League President, Tracey Mackay at presidentlwvhudson@gmail.com.
Contact reporter Derek Kreider at DKreider@Gannett.com
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What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.