Associate Prof. Derek Montague pictured with MS student Mariya Shcherbyna

Climate Change Science, Markets Examined Sept. 28

Sept. 25, 2006 - The science of climate change and the market opportunities in response to climate change concerns will be the topics of the next public discussion evening presented by the University of Wyoming/Casper College Center, Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Wheeler Auditorium at Casper College.

The free public talk will is the second event in the UW/CC Center's 2006 fall public lecture series titled "Energy Futures: Global Changes that Challenge Wyoming," looking at energy market prospects in the next 20 - 30 years.

UW atmospheric scientist Derek Montague will detail what atmospheric scientists now believe they know about climate change, and the evidence for those beliefs.

Evan Evans, vice-president of Econergy, Boulder, Colo., an energy engineer from a company involved worldwide in greenhouse gas management, will join Montague to talk about the opportunities investors see in the energy markets due to greenhouse gas concerns.

Montague, associate professor in the UW Department of Atmospheric Science, will pull together for the audience all the evidence scientists now have on the question of climate change.

Evans' company has worked in many countries in response to the international concern about greenhouse gas contributions. He will discuss the carbon trading the company developed in response to those concerns.

Future evenings in the UW/CC Center series will look at: coal, Oct. 12; uranium, Oct. 26; alternative energy, conservation and transmission, Nov. 9; and the "ultimate brew" of energy sources and demand 20 - 30 years from now, Nov. 16. The "ultimate brew" will also be the topic of an all-day discussion at the Stroock Forum in Laramie, Nov. 15.

All the Casper events will be held in the Wheeler Auditorium (the main auditorium near the front door) in the Wold Physical Science Center. UW adjunct faculty member Anne MacKinnon will moderate the series. MacKinnon notes that there will be ample time for questions and comments from the audience at each event.

The series is sponsored primarily by the UW/CC Center, UW's Helga Otto Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, and the UW Stroock Forum on Wyoming Lands & People along with Casper College and the Casper Star-Tribune.