Levin to testify before Senate on global warming next week
Confirmation of participation in hearing comes days after announcing Yale's hosting of national climate-change conference
Days after announcing that Yale will host a national conference on climate change in April, University President Richard Levin has confirmed that he will testify next week in front of the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee as Congress prepares to take up debate on a bill that would cap greenhouse gas emissions.
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By (Anonymous)
9:42am on March 30, 2008
In this matter as in all others (such as his stance vis a vis early admissions) Levin's morality is situational - depending on Yale's short range interest as he perceives it.
Perhaps while our intrepid representatives are questioning President Levin about his sustainability efforts on campus, which have a salutary but relatively minor effect on global carbon emissions, they could also ask him whether or not he's suggested to his good friend the Chinese government that they STOP BUILDING ONE NEW COAL POWER PLANT PER DAY!
Something tells me that would have a larger impact on the future health of the planet than whether or not I unplug my refrigerator over Spring Break. Why aren't campus environmentalists pushing Levin on this?