Newspaper to sponsor climate change event

A discussion of climate change will be held in Oklahoma City this month in an event sponsored by The Oklahoman newspaper.

The event will be Sept. 17 at the Myriad Botanical Gardens’ Park house Event Center, 301 West Reno. It will focus on climate change and the impact on Oklahoma.

The Oklahoman is one of more than 220 news outlets taking part in a global collaboration on the climate change story. The paper’s Ben Felder will moderate the panel that will include Katie Gillies who is director of conservation for The Nature Conservancy, city councilwoman JoBeth Hamon, andThe Oklahoman reporter Dale Denwalt.

The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.