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Very shy and retiring types. For those also watching online we remind you, youre welcome to send questions or comments also any time, simply email speaker heritage. Org and we will process the post the program on the web site and we have copies of the book available for signing signing signing and purchase afterwards. Leading our constitution and opening the program is becky dunlap, our Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow. She serve as chairman of the conservative action project, advocates for heritages american conservativeth and advances energy and Natural Resources policy in general. Also an active board member of numerous Public Policy organizations and associations. Here heritage she was Vice President of external relations and recently led our restore america project. Prior to joining heritage in 1998, mrs. Dunlop served as secretary of Natural Resources for the commonwealth of virginia and she also served numerous positions in both re Reagan White House and the department of just
And i get to take your speech to see if you really know whats going on. Good afternoon and welcome to the Heritage Foundation. We welcome those of you that are joining us on our website and those who will be giving us on cspan book tv in the future. Very shy and retiring group. For those also watching online we remind you youre welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply email speaker at heritage. Org and well post it falling for everyone for future reference as well. We had copies of todds book available for signing and purchase afterwards. Leading our discussion in opening our program is Becky Norton Dunlop she is a chairman of conservative action project. Advocates for american conservative ethics in energy and Natural Resources policy in general. She is an active board member of numerous policy organizations and associations here at heritage she previously served as Vice President for external relations and most recently led ever restore america project. Prior to joini
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I think the crisis above all else is a clarion call for changing our relationship with one another and the planet earth. Why is the extinction crisis in the clarion call . Because it is loud and clear, as all clearing call clarion calls must be. For those willing to listen, it is almost deafening. With each passing there is a celestial bell that rings endlessly in the heavens marking the passage of the another miracle. It is certainly clear it provides clear evidence, unequivocal evidence, that something is amiss. Sweep,ful, over the long billions of years of multicellular life, there been five events that rivaled the extinction crisis that we are in today. If that is not evidence that something is amiss, i dont know what amiss means. We understand the cause of the extinction crisis. It is humaninduced habitat degradation, modification, invasion of species, overexploitation, and over the last few decades, Climate Change. Now for a portion of the the American Noble Energy Institute Summ