Jeff Goodell, Environmental Journalist

The Heat Will Kill You First

Jeff will describe the risks of extreme heat and climate change and how they are reshaping our world (and the state of Texas).

About our speaker:

Jeff Goodell’s latest book is the New York Times bestseller (and a selection of the MBC Book Club), The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. He is the author of six previous books, including The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, which was a New York Times Critics Top Book of 2017. He has covered climate change for more than two decades at Rolling Stone and discussed climate and energy issues on NPR, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, ABC, NBC, and Fox News. He was a 2016 New America Fellow and a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow.

(Ed. note: MSNBC and Fox News? What's his secret? Could it be...Journalism?)

Agenda:

6:50am - Coffee & Networking
7:10am - Breakfast Buffet
7:25am - Introductions & Announcements
7:50am - Speaker Introduction
8:20am - Q&A

8:30am - Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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