National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy -
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The Center for American Progress Action Fund and John Podesta hosted a
forum entitled “National Clean Energy Project: Building the New
Economy" this past Monday, February 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid was the Honorary Chair, as he was during last
August's National Clean Energy Summit.
The half-day event brought together a select group of high-level
government, business, labor and advocacy group leaders with a focus on
developing a plan and key guiding principles to lead the transformation of
U.S. energy policy and to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign
oil. Participants included former President Bill Clinton, former Vice
President Al Gore, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken
Salazar, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Jeff Bingaman,
Representative Ed Markey, along with private sector leaders who have actual
accomplishments, such as energy executive T. Boone Pickens.
This forum focused on modernizing and expanding the electricity grid,
integrating energy efficiency and distributed generation into operation and
regulation, rapidly increasing transmission capacity for renewable energy,
and reducing our nation’s dependence on foreign oil by examining
short- and long-term solutions to replace foreign oil with domestic
resources to fuel vehicles and trucks, including natural gas. For more
information about the event and
Part 1 of the event
