Virginia Tech To Host Climate Change Summit; Hundreds Of Youth Voters Expected

Blacksburg, VA. - With all eyes on Virginia in the final weeks before the 2008 election, hundreds of youth voters from around the state are expected to attend a historic three day climate change summit at Virginia Tech from October 10-12, 2008. Students will create a plan of action to build a sustainable commonwealth through education, grassroots political action, and campus leadership training. World-renowned scientist Dr James Hansen will be a featured speaker on Saturday night.

K-State to Offer Public Session With "Experts on Climate Change"

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Heartland residents can hear international experts discuss global climate change Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Kansas State University.

The 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. program will be in the K-State Student Union´s Forum Hall. Originally designed as in-service training that examines an evolving, worldwide challenge, the event will be the first-ever session that´s open to the public during a K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference.
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The afternoon´s major topics will include:

The impacts of global climate change,

Adapting to climate change,

Mitigating further change by sequestering greenhouse gases underground,

The policy and economics of climate change, and

The soil carbon credits that can provide farmers access to U.S. carbon market trading.