The Environmental Science, Policy & Engineering program at Union College kicks off the Winter seminar series Wednesday, 15 January 2014. This is the 17th year that this series has been run by the ESP&E program. Since its inception, this seminar series has tackled some of the key environmental issues that we face as a society. The first winter seminar was in 1998 on the topic of "Global climate change."

7:00 PM January 15 - Dr. Stephen D. Bird
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Clarkson University
Hydro-Fracking, Global Warming, and New York State: What To Do?

7:00 PM January 29 - Mark Lowery
Climate Policy Analyst at New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Preparing New York State’s Communities for Climate Change

7:00 PM February 5 - Dr. Richard Vietor
Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Management at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Carbon and the Shale Revolution in America

7:30 PM February 19 - Christopher A. Cavanagh, PE
Principal Project Manager – Customer & Business Strategy at National Grid
Thermal Energy Grids in a Smart Grid Future

All talks are free and open to the public. All are at 7 PM or 7:30 PM in the Nott Memorial. Parking is available on campus a short walk to the Nott Memorial.