“Climategate: Are Green Auto Rules Based on Flawed Science?”
Press release, 01.07.10
Leading climatologists, Congressman Upton headline Detroit Auto Show panel debate on “Climategate: Are Green Auto Rules Based on Flawed Science?”
Sponsored by the Detroit News – WJR Radio, Detroit
Detroit Athletic Club, January 12, 2010
10 AM – 11.30 AM
Moderated by Frank Beckmann
(Telecast live on the Beckmann Show, WJR Radio
and DetroitNews.com)
The auto industry’s green efforts to meet strict new mpg rules are the dominant theme inside this year’s Detroit Auto Show. But outside Cobo Convention Center, it’s not just the frigid winter temperatures that have cast doubt on the global warming science driving the biggest regulatory challenge to the industry in a generation. E-mails leaked from the world’s top climatology center have put the environmental community in turmoil with allegations that scientific data has been doctored and debate suppressed. The uproar has provoked calls for a congressional investigation and cast doubt on auto mpg rules. Scandal? Or sideshow?
The issue cries out for debate at the world’s largest auto gathering, and The Detroit News-WJR Radio have assembled a world-class panel representing the automotive, scientific, and political communities to argue the facts and discuss its impact on the auto market:
Congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), House Energy Committee
Henry Pollack, Climatologist, University of Michigan
Pat Michaels, Climatologist, Cato Institute
Kathryn Clay, Director of Research, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Myron Ebell, Director, Energy and Global Warming, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Frank Beckmann, Moderator, Michigan’s #1 Talk Radio host – WJR-Radio
Please join us for the premier policy event of the 2010 Detroit auto show. All media welcome. Shuttle will pick up in front of Cobo Arena between 9.15-930 AM Tuesday morning (following the Cadillac presentation).
DAC address (event is in the Georgian room): 241 Madison Avenue, Detroit, Mich. (Phone: 313 442-1008). The Detroit Athletic Club asks that no denim be worn on its premises.
Contact for more detail:
Henry Payne, The Detroit News:
Office #: 313 222-8815
Cell #: 248 672-9882
Karen Bourland, The Detroit News: 248 222-2687
Tags: auto rules, climategate, Detroit auto show, Detroit news