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What: An exclusive forum held at the Center for American Progress to discuss the impact of global warming on hurricane severity and frequency.
Who: Mayor Richard Crotty ® of Orange County, Florida, hurricane scientist Dr. Peter J. Webster, John B. Copenhaver of DRI International, and Jane Bullock, former chief of staff of Federal Emergency Management Agency director James Lee Witt. The event was moderated by Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy, Center for American Progress.
Why You Should Care: There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere released by burning coal, oil and other fossil fuels has begun to warm the planet, including our oceans, and scientists have determined that warmer sea surface temperature can boost hurricanes’ ferocity, and may even increase their frequency. Over the last several days Hurricane Dean whipped through the Caribbean before slamming into the YucatanPeninsula and the Mexican mainland. While loss of life and damages are still uncalculated, Dean will join the ranks of Andrew, Charlie, Hugo, Rita. And of course, Katrina.
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Dr. Peter Webster, on global warming and hurricanes.
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Jane Bullock, on the need for a separate agency to deal with long term recovery.
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