Former Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC), the executive director of republic.En, an advocacy group for climate change, will kick off the Environmental Science, Policy and Engineering (ESPE) Winter Seminar Series Monday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.
Bob Inglis
His talk, “How to Get The World (and Conservatives) In On Climate Action,” is free and open to the public.
Inglis was first elected to Congress in 1992. After an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1998, he practiced law before running for Congress again in 2004 and winning.
He launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative at George Mason University in July 2012. In the fall of 2014, the group rebranded to become republicEn.org.
For his work on climate change, Inglis was given the 2015 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
The focus of this year’s ESPE series, now in its 28th year, is climate solutions. The series is a critical component of the ESPE program's curriculum.
The other talks are also at 6 p.m. in the Nott Memorial and free and open to the public:
Monday, Feb. 10:
Lissa Harris, a former local news reporter, editor, and digital entrepreneur with a focus on environmental news and disaster reporting, will discuss “Climate Lessons from Local News.”
Monday, Feb. 24: Oksan Bayulgen, professor of political science at the University of Connecticut, will speak on “The Winds of Change: Attitudes Toward Wind Projects and Their Electoral Implications in Texas.”
For more information about the ESPE series and speakers, visit the 2025 Winter Seminar Series web page.