Giant Ice Sculpture to be Unveiled Outside U.S. Senate

At an event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on 15 July 2010, youth groups and climate experts will highlight the melting disinformation campaign of climate deniers.

[Note: See also the subsequent posts, CNN Video on "Climate Deniers" Ice Sculpture at the Capitol and NOAA Reports Record Breaking Global Temperatures; Meltdown for Climate Change Denialists ].

At an event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on 15 July 2010, youth groups and climate experts will highlight the melting disinformation campaign of climate deniers.

• The planet has just experienced its hottest January-June on record.
• April through June in the Eastern U.S. was the hottest on record.
• Torrential flooding rains have fallen in Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere.
• Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic have been at record highs and are poised to energize a potentially hyperactive, record-breaking hurricane season.

Meanwhile, attacks on climate science and scientists have been rebuffed by multiple investigations; and the National Academies of Sciences have solidified the scientific basis for action on climate change, concluding that there is an urgent need for the U.S. to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to prepare for the impacts of climate change. 

As the Senate decides what to do about global warming, come see the giant ice sculpture and watch the coordinated smear campaign by climate deniers melt away.

WHAT:  An ice sculpture to be unveiled outside the U.S. Senate.

WHEN:  Thursday, July 15, 2010

TIME: 12 Noon ( Sculpture will be unveiled at noon and will be out all afternoon)

WHERE:  East Front Lawn, U.S. Capitol (Senate side); near 1^st St and Constitution NE

SPEAKERS:

• Benton Strong, Consequence
• Ethan Nuss.  Co-Field Director, Energy Action Coalition
• Dan Lashof, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Brenda Ekwurzel, Climate Research and Analysis, Union of Concerned Scientists