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Vice President Al Gore
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Former VP Al Gore to Address 

IJC Biennial Meeting
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to 

Highlight Climate Crisis

 

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is pleased to announce that
former Vice President, best-selling author and Nobel Prize co-recipient
Al Gore will be the plenary keynote speaker at its Great Lakes Water
Quality Biennial Meeting
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ng.ijc.org/>  in Detroit, Michigan at 1:15 pm on October 13, 2011.

 

"Vice President Gore's appearance underlines the importance of the IJC's
Biennial Meeting," said Lana Pollack, U.S. Chair of the IJC.   "The
Biennial is a true summit of everyone from interested members of the
public to a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. His efforts on
climate change will inform the IJC's future science-based work on Great
Lakes climate impacts."

 

Canadian Chair Joe Comuzzi noted: "We have a very substantive three-day
program focusing on topics of concern to both scientists and the public,
such as the increase in toxic algal blooms, the need to keep beaches
healthy, rapid response to invasions of alien aquatic species and
emerging chemicals of concern.   Vice President Gore joins a
distinguished and long line of thought-provoking speakers who have
addressed the Biennial Meeting about scientific issues that are vitally
important to both Canada and the U.S."

Seating is limited, so the public is urged to visit the meeting website
<http://e2ma.net/go/10730582605/3912415/109714954/41297/goto:http:/meeti
ng.ijc.org/register%20>  to register.  Registration is free and is
required for admission to Biennial Meeting events.

 

Before serving two terms as the 45th Vice President, Mr. Gore served in
the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.  He is the author
of bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, The Assault
on Reason, and Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis.  In 2007,
Mr. Gore was the co-recipient, with the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, of the Nobel Peace Prize for "informing the world of the
dangers posed by climate change."  In addition to a variety of other
important projects, Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of
The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit focused on solutions to the
climate crisis.

 

The Biennial Meeting
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ng.ijc.org/>  is being held October 12-14 on the campus of Wayne State
University in Detroit, Michigan.  Under terms of the Canada-US Great
Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the IJC convenes the Biennial Meeting to
report on progress toward restoration of the physical, chemical and
biological quality of the waters of the basin ecosystem.  In particular,
the IJC and its Great Lakes Regional Office in Windsor are charged with
engaging and informing the public about restoration efforts.

 

Biennial Meeting workshops will focus on key challenges to water
quality, including:  harmful and nuisance algae, aquatic invasive
species, beach health, fish consumption and chemicals of emerging
concern.  In addition, a special plenary session will focus on
priorities for 2011-2013, providing the public an opportunity to comment
on IJC plans for the future study.

 

For the first time, the Biennial Meeting is being held in conjunction
with meetings of other Great Lakes focused organizations, including the
Healing Our Waters Coalition (more than 100 environmental organizations)
and the Great Lakes Commission, among others.  Click here for more
information about Great Lakes Week Detroit 2011
<http://e2ma.net/go/10730582605/3912415/109714956/41297/goto:http:/www.g
lri.us/glweek.html> .

 





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