True Climate Solutions:
Debunking the Hype Around Carbon Capture, Hydrogen, and LNG Export
Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. CT
Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Blvd, Houston TX 77005
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Dr. Daniel Cohan, Dr. Charles Harvey, Dr. Robert Howarth, Chris Tomlinson
To counter misinformation by fossil fuel interests with objective science and economics, The Progressive Forum is pleased to present a free panel event featuring research leaders in science, economics, and climate justice. The event will be hosted by Randall Morton, Progressive Forum founding executive director.
About the panelists:
Dr. Robert D. Bullard is a distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy and founding director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University. He is often called “the father of environmental justice.” He is also co-founder of the HBCU Climate Change Consortium. The author of 18 books, his latest is The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities (2023).
Dr. Daniel Cohan is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University. His research and teaching focus on air pollution, climate change, and energy. He is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications and the book Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology and Policy can Unlock a Clean Energy Future (2022).
Dr. Charles Harvey is a professor of environmental engineering at MIT. In leading field international projects as a hydrologist and biochemist, he has extensive experience with natural carbon sinks as well as carbon capture technologies. He has shared his assessments with appearances in places like PBS’s Frontline and the BBC. He is the author of The New York Times op-ed entitled “Every Dollar Spent on this Climate Technology is a Waste.” (August 2022).
Dr. Robert Howarth is a professor at Cornell of ecology and environmental biology, as well as an earth systems scientist and ecosystem biologist. He is one of the most cited environmental scientists in the world, his peer-reviewed papers have been cited more than 90,000 times. Howarth’s research is wide ranging and includes lifecycle assessments for hydrogen and liquified natural gas, as well as sources of methane from natural gas operations and agriculture.
Chris Tomlinson is a columnist for the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News, focusing on money, politics, and life in Texas. In his 30 years of journalism, he has reported from more than 30 countries including Kenya, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The Texas Managing Editors named him opinion writer of the year in 2021. He served seven years in the U.S. Army before becoming a journalist. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth.
Generously sponsored and funded by the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University, the Rice University School of Humanities, and the Rice University Center for Environmental Studies. Principal funding is also provided by the Rockefeller Family Fund and the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation.
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We encourage ride-sharing and early arrival for this likely sellout.
Theater doors open at 7:00 p.m. when in-person ticket holders can take their seats.
Door search, no large bags. Please refrain from bringing backpacks and anything larger than a small clutch purse into the event. Large items will be asked to be returned to your vehicle. All items are subject to search at the door.
Program is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. CT at Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX, 77005, across from Rice University. Each panelist will give a short presentation followed by a moderated discussion. Program is scheduled to end around 9:30 p.m.
Livestream registrants receive the benefit of reminders 30 minutes and 5 minutes before the program begins, as well as a link to the livestream in their email inbox. Non-registrants will still be able to view the free event on the Progressive Forum website, and the recording will be available indefinitely on the past-speaker page for this event.
In-Person registrants will receive their E-Tickets from boxoffice@progressiveforumhouston.org. Upon entry, present your barcoded PDF E-Ticket on your mobile device, or print your PDF E-Ticket and bring it with you to the venue for entry. Our greeters or box office can help you.
Box office services are available at the door on event night, if the event is not at capacity. In case of a sellout, there is no waiting list. Prior to event night, there are no tickets available at Congregation Emanu El or any other physical location.
For box office assistance or for any other issues, please call 832-509-0262 or email boxoffice@ProgressiveForumHouston.org.
Free parking is available in the Congregation Emanu El campus garage. Enter on Sunset Blvd where uniformed officers will direct you.
Guests who need special access. Ushers will seat special access guests in the aisles in the rear nearest restrooms. All rows are close to the speaker podium in the intimate seating environment.
During the program, we will ask the audience to silence their personal digital devices, asking for no photography or videography.
Feel free to contact The Progressive Forum by email at staff@progressiveforumhouston.org.