BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Climate of Contempt | Conversation and Book Signing with David B. Spence X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261008T035645Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_47366029769550 DTSTART:20240923T210000Z DTEND:20240923T223000Z DESCRIPTION:Join the GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future and the Energy La w Program for a conversation with Professor David B. Spence on his latest book\, Climate of Contempt: How to Rescue the U.S. Energy Transition from Voter Partisanship. Climate of Contempt offers a voter-centric\, bottom-up explanation of national climate and energy politics\, one that pinpoints bitter partisanship as the key impediment to transitioning to a net zero c arbon future. This event will be in-person at GW Law's Burns Moot Court Ro om.\n\nRegister for Event\n\nAbout the Book\n\nClimate of Contempt offers a voter-centric\, bottom-up explanation of national climate and energy pol itics\, one that pinpoints bitter partisanship as the key impediment to tr ansitioning to a net zero carbon future. Members of Congress respond to vo ters whose animosity toward the opposing party makes compromise politicall y risky. The most powerful driver of polarization\, in turn\, is the mixtu re of ideology and social media that constitutes today’s information env ironment\, which amplifies anger\, spreads half truths and falsehoods\, an d sows division\, distorting voters’ understandings of the energy transi tion and their fellow citizens.\n\nSpeaker\n\nDavid B. Spence holds the Re x G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law and specializes in en ergy law\, administrative law\, environmental law\, and oil and gas. His r esearch focuses on the law and politics of energy regulation\, broadly def ined. Professor Spence is co-author of the leading energy law casebook “ Energy\, Economics and the Environment” and has published numerous schol arly articles on subjects relating to energy policy\, regulation\, and the regulatory process. In addition to teaching at Texas Law\, he is a profes sor of Business Government & Society at the McCombs School of Business.\n\ nDiscussant\n\nFrank Sesno serves as the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs\, and as the Exec utive Director of the George Washington University Alliance for a Sustaina ble Future. The Alliance is a broad pan-university initiative to amplify t he university’s teaching\, research\, convening and impact relating to g lobal challenges around climate change\, environmental justice\, and susta inability.\n\nAn Emmy-award winning journalist\, Sesno’s journalism care er spanning four decades has put him at the reporting forefront of major e vents including presidential campaigns and debates\, superpower summits\, and conflicts worldwide. He served as director of the School of Media and Public Affairs from 2009-2020 and has extensive experience and an abiding commitment to environmental journalism and stewardship. He teaches environ mental reporting and founded Planet Forward\, a platform for college stude nts worldwide to research and publish stories about climate change\, susta inability\, and innovation. Sesno hosts programs on Public Broadcasting fo cusing on the health of the Chesapeake Bay\, sea level rise\, and communit y resilience. GEO:38.89856;-77.045791 LOCATION:Law School\, Burns Moot Courtroom SUMMARY:Climate of Contempt | Conversation and Book Signing with David B. S pence URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/climate-of-contempt-conversati on-and-book-signing-with-david-b-spence CATEGORIES:Lectures & Speakers END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR