The Environment: The Next Five Years
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Description
The Texas Tribune is excited to present a special statewide series of public events looking ahead five years in eight major policy areas: criminal justice, energy, the environment, health, higher education, immigration, public education and transportation. Each event features a conversation with leading thinkers and policymakers on that day's particular subject.
Join us at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi for the fifth installment of this series: a discussion on the future of the environment in Texas.
Our panelists are:
- State Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria, Chairwoman of the House Environmental Regulation Committee
- Toby Baker, Commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- John Hall, Texas State Director of Clean Energy at the Environmental Defense Fund
- Mike Wetz, associate professor in the Department of Life Sciences, TAMUCC
This event will be held in the University Center's Anchor Ballroom (#31 on the campus map) at TAMUCC. The event is free and open to the public and includes a light lunch. Parking will be available at Bayside Parking Garage (parking fee not included in registration).
The Texas Tribune's statewide Conversation Series features in-depth discussions with prominent elected officials and newsmakers moderated by Evan Smith, CEO and editor-in-chief, and other expert journalists from The Texas Tribune. You can also watch the event on our livestream if you are unable to attend in person.
This event is presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Texas Mutual Insurance and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and supported by The Mitchell Foundation, The Meadows Foundation, the Hatton Sumners Foundation, the Burdine Johnson Foundation and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. This series of conversations is generously sponsored by AT&T, Texas A&M University, BP, PepsiCo, Walmart and Southwest Airlines, the official airline of Texas Tribune Events. Tribune events are also supported through contributions from our founding investors and members.
Disclosure: Though donors and corporate sponsors underwrite The Texas Tribune events, they play no role in determining the content, panelists or line of questioning.
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