Deans' Forum

 on the Environment

PRESS RELEASE

Media Coverage:

ROANOKE TIMES
RFK Jr. rips President Bush for environmental policy
The crowd that nearly filled Virginia Tech's 3,000-seat Burruss Hall Auditorium to hear environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak probably had an idea about what he thought of the Bush administration before he took the podium.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-106349

WDBJ-TV CHANNEL 7 (CBS)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks about the environment at Virginia Tech
A well known environmentalist is taking issue with Jerry Falwell's comments.  On Sunday, the Lynchburg minister called global warming a myth.
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6146160

WSLS-TV CHANNEL 10 (NBC)
Battle over environmental future today in Virginia
Ahead of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s speech tonight in Blacksburg, Virginia's DEQ chief told Virginia Tech that better communication and education are key to resolving conflicts over management of Virginia's natural resources.
http://www.wsls.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSLS%2FMGArticle%2FSLS_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149193402205&path=!news!localnews

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Education key to resolving environmental conflicts _ DEQ chief
Better communication and education are key to resolving conflicts over management of Virginia's natural resources, the head of the state agency in charge of environmental quality told a forum Monday at Virginia Tech.
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--environmentalforu0226feb26,0,6131965.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia