Energy & Environment Task Force

2008

Spring Conference, Lexington, KY, May 29-June 1

The Future of Energy

Guy Caruso: Annual Energy Outlook 2008

Marilyn Brown: Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America

2007

Annual State Trends and Leadership Forum, Oklahoma City, OK, Nov. 11-14

Solar Energy: The Bright Future of Renewables

Jennier DeCesaro: State of Solar Policy Update

Tom Kimbis: Federal Solar Energy Activities

Tom Stoffel: Overview of State Solar Resource Potential and Technology Update

Maximizing Traditional Energy Sources

Denise Bode:

Chris VandeVenter : Maximizing Traditional Energy Sources

Brian McPherson: Geologic Carbon Sequestration as an Approach to Emissions Reduction

Electricity: Generation, Transmission and Management

Marguerite Kelly: Wind Energy Update

Rich Sedano: Electric Resource Choices, Electric Imperatives on the Demand Side

Bill Massey: Electricity Transmission Infrastructure and Policy: The Importance of the Electron Superhighway

 

Spring Committee & Task Force Meetings, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 10-14

Burton Richter: Why Nuclear Energy

Alan Nogee: Renewable Energy: Potential & Challenges

Cathy Padro: The Role of Hydrogen in a Sustainable Energy Future

Bill Prindle: Energy Efficiency: The First Fuel in the Race for a Clean and Secure Energy Future

Ben Dziegielewski: U.S. Water Demand, Supply and Allocation: Trends and Outlook

Amanda Leland, Sustaining America's Fisheries and Fishing Communities

 

2006

Annual State Trends and Leadership Forum, Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 30-Dec. 3

Craig Bell: Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future

Gary Loew: Civil Works: A Partnership with the States

 

 
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