The minutes of the meeting of November 11/13/07 were approved.

Status of Mayor’s Climate Protection AgreementBoth Princeton Mayors have signed the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement.  There is some bureaucratic problem in getting Mildred Trottman’s agreement posted on the appropriate website.

Nobel Prize Winner to speak on global warming at PCDO on April 20, 2008We are very fortunate to have as our guest speaker on global warming, Professor Alan Robock of Rutgers University.  Dr. Robock, a world-renowned researcher, will share highlights on the latest thinking about global warming as well as information on what could happen in our own state of New Jersey.  In 2007, Dr. Robock was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as one of the 2,500 members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  The discussion leading to asking Professor Robock to speak were part of our January 8, 2008 meeting.

Next meeting

The next meeting time for our committee will be selected after Professor Robock’s talk.

Resource Book: Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, BREAK THROUGH: FROM THE DEATH OF ENVIRONMENTALISM TO THE POLITICS OF POSSIBILITY. 2007.  Princeton library.  Non-F 333.72 Nor  A controversial book about what is the best persuasive (and public relations) approach for the environmental movement.  A main theme is that threatening people with doom does not inspire them to action.