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Press Conference - Wednesday, January 17, 2007, 9:30AM
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- Press Release
Call To Action Statement
Bios of Signatories
Prepared Remarks
Quotes
Letter from Senator Richard G.Lugar
Letter from Senator Barack Obama
Letter from Senator Olympia J. Snowe
Contacts Receiving Statement
Transcript
Conference Video
Clip from MSNBC's "The Most," aired 1/17/2007
Clip from NPR's All Things Considered, aired 1/21/2007
Clip from CNN's American Morning, aired 1/18/2007
Location:
National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045
Press Contacts:
Phyllis Cuttino
Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates
Phone: 202-777-3516
E-mail: pcuttino@clsdc.com
Debbie Payton
Rooftop Mediaworks
Phone: 404-245-8500
E-mail: dpayton@rooftopmediaworks.com
Media Advisory
Leading Evangelicals, Scientists to Launch Environmental Collaboration
WASHINGTON, DC -Leaders of the evangelical and scientific communities will announce an unprecedented joint effort to protect the global environment and advance policies that address some of the most pressing threats to our planet, including global warming, habitat destruction, pollution, and species extinctions. Spearheaded by the National Association of Evangelicals and scientists at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, the newly-formed collaboration is 28-members strong and growing.
In a press conference, the group will release a joint statement highlighting their shared concerns about human-caused threats to the Creation and calling on all sectors -religious, scientific, business, political, and educational -to join them in this historic initiative.
Attendees
Dr. Eric Chivian, Nobel Laureate; Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
Rev. Richard Cizik, Vice President for Government Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals
Dr. Rita Colwell, Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Cal DeWitt, Professor, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Dr. David Gushee, Professor and Senior Fellow, Union University
Dr. James Hansen, Chief, NASA Institute for Space Studies
Dr. Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland Church (Orlando, FL)
Dr. Randy Isaac, Executive Director, American Scientific Affiliation
Dr. Cheryl Johns, Professor, Church of God Theological Seminary
Dr. Jim McCarthy, Professor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard University
Dr. Peter Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
Dr. E.O. Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
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