MEQUON - Concordia University's Center for Environmental Stewardship, along with We
Energies, will host a public symposium on energy issues.
The event is free and will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7. The participants will
include Representative Jim Ott, who will discuss the science of global warming and the
environmental impact of the country's energy choices; Representative Phil Montgomery, whose
district includes two nuclear power plants. He will discuss the politics of nuclear energy in
Wisconsin; John Orth, a nuclear engineer who served on the state's Nuclear Power Review
Committee, who will discuss the issues surrounding nuclear waste disposal; Charlie Higley,
executive director of the Citizens Utility Board; and Max Carbon, professor emeritus of the
University of Wisconsin's College of Engineering and recent author of "Nuclear Power: Villain
or Victim? Our Misunderstood Source of Electricity."
