I don’t like Eric’s politics, or his career in politics, but I think this is a good event he’s supporting. Nice job being accessible to the youth and trying to get them involved in a cause

I love when he said: “I will be bold, without the bull.” ...then crickets. His disingenuous attempts to look relevant, forward looking, or scientific (a true discussion of climate crisis, the new label, should include the other side of the debate), fall on deaf ears. Americans should never forget his attempt to aid, abet, and literally tear our country apart over his ‘Russian Collusion Hoax.

As for the program, debate, discussion, and the diversity of thought is always welcome.

PP, potential future voters? ;o)

So, is he going to speak with the children about his social-media mocking of the Odessa community after the recent shooting, for not being able to subdue the attacker before several people were killed? So maybe this guy is held to a lower standard - that he can get away with that kind of rhetoric, and still be held up as someone whose opinions our children should value? Would the people of Odessa invite him?

Keep him away from our youth is my advice. They have enough bad examples.

I wish I was a youth again and could attend. I would ask the lawyer politician who really knows nothing about the environment...that if the sea is rising due to climate change, then why did the Obama's just buy a mansion on Martha's Vineyard next to the ocean? Maybe the Russians made them do it :>)

Kathleen,
Yes, the risk is present, and same can be said for Republican candidates. We should still encourage youth engagement in politics because it forces both parties to participate eventually (even if to spew equally accurate but positional perspective points).

@James Michael wrote “....that if the sea is rising due to climate change, then why did the Obama's just buy a mansion on Martha's Vineyard next to the ocean?”

Because the rate at which the oceans are rising due to climate change is about 2 cm per decade. Not enough to wash away the Obamas’ new home in their lifetime or yours. But a very significant and fast rate of change from a climate science perspective.

“Wombat”
- Ph.D physicist with over 30 years of research experience at LLNL.

"Wombat" just confirmed climate change is not a factor in all of our life's due to the slow rise in sea levels.

@Michael Austin

What I wrote is that the rate of ocean level rise is 2 cm per decade. Rising ocean levels are not the only consequence of global warming.

"Wombat" what are the other consequences of global warming?

Thanks, Wombat, that's the point I was trying to make. It's nice when a PhD has your back.

James Michael
Only BS though :<(

@Michael Austin

There are many ways in which climate change will human life which have been been well described in the news. If you’re really interested in a good, accessible overview of the subject from a scientific perspective, I recommend reading “Climate Change, Evidence & Causes” by the U.K. Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences.