Sept 12 Breakfast -- Hear From The Carbon Age Author Eric Roston  

Hear from Eric Roston, the Award Winning Author of The Carbon Age: How Life’s Core Element Has Become Civilization’s Greatest Threat.

We hear so much these days about the threat of carbon dioxide to our very existence, but few can explain how carbon works in our ecosystem.  Former Time Magazine reporter Eric Roston joins the Business Council to discuss his new book called the Carbon Age that was mentioned in Al Gore's recent speech in Washington, DC this summer.  Eric was recently seen on the Comedy Central's Colbert Report to discuss this important book.

About Eric Roston

Eric Roston is a journalist and science writer. As a TIME magazine reporter, he covered some of the most high profile stories of recent times, including the attacks of 9/11 and the 2004 presidential campaign. A member of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), he regularly covered energy, climate, technology, science, and business for the magazine before leaving to write The Carbon Age. Roston graduated from Columbia University, with a major in the history of the World Wars, and earned a Master's degree in Russian literature and linguistics. Born and raised outside of Chicago, he lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, Karen Yourish, and their daughter. Roston is Senior Associate at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions of Duke University, where he develops energy and climate policy.