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• About The Alliance to Save Energy

  The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition of prominent business, government, environmental and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, the economy and national security.

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• Eberhard K. Jochem Professor emeritus of Economics and Energy Economics, ETH Zurich

  Eberhard K. Jochem has been full Professor for Economics and Energy Economics in the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zurich (Swiss Institute of Technology) since 1999 where he founded the Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE). He is also employed as a Senior Executive at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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• About The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS

  The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS is synonymous with the best in intelligent, balanced and in depth daily journalism. The NewsHour's distinctive approach to reporting and analysis of important national and international issues and events is unparalleled in an era increasingly dominated by sound bites and sensationalism.

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• About Bruce E. Dale Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University

  Professor Dale is Professor of Chemical Engineering and former Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University. In 1996 he won the Charles D. Scott Award for contributions to the use of biotechnology to produce fuels, chemical and other industrial products from renewable plant resources. Dr. Dale has authored over 90 referred journal papers, is an active industry consultant and expert witness, and holds thirteen U. S. and foreign patents.

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• About Nathanael Greene Senior Policy Analyst Natural Resources Defense Council

  Nathanael Greene received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Policy from Brown University and a Master of Science Degree in Energy and Resources from University of California Berkeley. He joined Natural Resources Defense Council (www.nrdc.org) in 1992 where he is a senior policy analyst and is responsible for working on energy policy. For the last few years he has been focusing on assessing the sustainable potential for biofuels and developing policies to advance them.

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• About Pete Geddes Executive Vice President Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment

  Pete Geddes is Executive Vice President of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE). Pete is also an accomplished author, and regularly writes opinion editorials for many local, national, and industry publications. Prior to joining FREE, Pete spent five years teaching middle school science.

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• About Jonathan Lash President World Resources Institute

  Jonathan Lash is currently the President of the World Resources Institute. Previously, Mr. Lash served for five years as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development. Jonathan has also served on a broad range of national and international environmental committees, and is an accomplished attorney.

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• About Mikkal E. Herberg Director Asian Energy Security Program, The National Bureau of Asian Research

  Mikkal Herberg is Director of The Asian Energy Security Program at The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) in Seattle, Washington. NBR is a non-partisan research institution devoted to advanced research on U.S. policy in Asia. Prior to working at NBR, Herberg worked in various Strategic Planning roles for ARCO and was also the Director of the Asia-Pacific Energy and Environment Program at the University of California, San Diego.

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• About Amy Myers Jaffe Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

  Amy Myers Jaffe is the leader of the Baker Institute Energy Forum, and associate director of the Rice University Energy Program. A preeminent source on oil and energy policy, she has served as an advisor to several national energy councils and task forces. Widely published in a variety of academic and news publications, Jaffe also makes regular appearances on such news stations and programs as CNN, MacNeil Lehrer News Hour, Fox and MSNBC.

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• About Paul Roberts Journalist and Author The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World

  A journalist since 1983, Paul Roberts writes and lectures frequently on the complex interplay of economics, technology, and the natural world. "The End of Oil" is his first book and was published by Houghton Mifflin in 2004. He currently lives in Washington state.

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• About Peter Huber Founder Digital Power Group

  Peter Huber is a founding member of the Digital Power Group and Digital Power Capital, and is also a partner of the Washington, DC law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC. He has authored numerous publications and is the co-author of the Huber-Mills Digital Power Report. Peter has also clerked on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for then Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and on the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

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• About Peter C. Goldmark, Jr. Program Director Environmental Defense

  Peter Goldmark currently directs the Climate and Air program for Environmental Defense. Previously, he was the chairman and CEO of the International Herald Tribune. Peter has had exceptional careers in the public and private sectors, including serving as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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• About Robert W. Hahn Executive Director AEI-Brookings Joint Center

  Dr. Hahn is the Executive Director of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center and a Senior Fellow of the AEI. He was also a senior staff member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers for two years. He has served as a consultant to government and industry on a variety of issues involving regulation and privatization.

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• About John Elkington Cofounder and Chairman SustainAbility

  John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. In 2004, BusinessWeek described him as “a dean of the corporate responsibility movement for three decades.” SustainAbility is based in London, Zurich, Washington, DC and San Francisco, with clients including Ford, Microsoft, Nike, Shell, Swiss Re and Unilever.

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• About Jerry Taylor Director of Natural Resource Studies Cato Institute

  As director of natural resource studies, Jerry Taylor challenges the "market failure" critique of free markets as they pertain to energy policy and environmental protection. Under his direction, the Cato Institute has become an influential critic of federal and state environmental policy. Taylor is active on the lecture circuit and one of the most frequently cited experts in energy and environmental policy in the nation.

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• About Aspen Institute International Nonprofit Organization

  The mission of the Aspen Institute is to foster enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue. Through seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek to promote nonpartisan inquiry and an appreciation for timeless values.

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