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Environmental Journalist to Speak at Clinton School

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Lisa Song is a reporter for InsideClimate News, a Pulitzer prize-winning non-profit, non-partisan news organization that covers clean energy, carbon energy, nuclear energy, and environmental science. She reports on oil sands, pipeline safety, and natural gas drilling. She also helped write “The Dilbit Disaster” series, which won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. WHEN: Friday, September 20 – 6 p.m. WHERE: University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service – Sturgis Hall (1200 President Clinton Avenue) in Little Rock Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu, or calling (501) 683-5239.

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