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� �� �Michael Fortune checks in to report on the trip to West Virginia to see removal of coal by blasting / cutting off the tops of mountains.� �I figured this trip would be the most environmentally dramatic and relevant to our energy policy discussions and reporting.�

� � First, about me:� � I have met some of you, including Lisa, at the May seminar on "Climate Change: Its Sweeping Impact," sponsored by the Knight Foundation last May in Maryland.� �I am an atmospheric scientist making a career shift into environmental journalism;� I write and produce an occasional newsletter� about climate� science for the public, at http://climate-science.org ....� �� � And I freelance on natural science, weather and climate, and (hopefully) ethics, as well.

� �� �� I have begun a tour of duty as Docent and Tour guide in the new Ocean Hall of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, which just opened on Sept. 27, two weeks ago.� �The experience is great and offers tremendous motivation to engage the public more on the functioning of the natural world.

� �� �� �I am very interested in the natural functioning and variation in climate, as well as the un-natural functioning of climate provoked by all the extra carbon dioxide around us.� � I am learning how to listen, to make key points and to dialogue with citizens about climate change,� while remaining faithful to the science.� �I welcome your comments on my posts, my writing and my style, as I am a journalist "wannabe."

� �� On Thursday's tour of Mountain Top Coal Removal:� �What underlying facts should I look for; what questions should I ask?� �
� � Is there a way I can borrow a digital camera for a day so that I can post photos to this blog and to the SEJ Conference ?
� �� Will any of you be on this tour ?

� �I also intend to camp over most nights of the Conference (but not Wed. Night, as the Mountain Top tour departs at SIX AM ),� �and it will be interesting to see how well I can do this while attending a busy conference.
� �� �� �� � Michael

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