March California Climate Policy Forum Webcast Available

03/28/07

March California Climate Policy Forum Webcast Available

The BREN School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara presented "A California Climate Policy Forum" on March 19, 2007 Organized by the Environmental Economics Group and the Governance Group at the Bren School

The Forum asked the question "Do California’s efforts to control greenhouse gases – such as the passage of AB32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 – represent genuine leadership and meaningful progress in addressing climate change? Or are they merely expensive posturing by the state that will raise the cost of doing business and drive away jobs without reducing greenhouse gas emissions?"

Five policy experts, representing the state legislature, the Public Utilities Commission, the Air Resources Board, Southern California Edison, and the Harvard Environmental Law Program, will convene at the Bren School to debate the status and future of California’s climate policies. The panel discussion will feature each expert making a short presentation, followed by a moderated discussion and questions from the audience.

The panelists were:

Mike Hertel, Southern California Edison
Jody Freeman, Director, Harvard Environmental Law Program
Fran Pavley, Former California Assemblywoman
Michael R. Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and
Catherine Witherspoon, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board (ARB)

The Moderator was Charles Kolstad, Professor of Environmental Economics, UCSB

http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~kolstad/events/ClimateForum/webcast.htm
http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/events/climate_forum.htm
The BREN School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara www.bren.ucsb.edu
http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~kolstad/events/ClimateForum/webcast.htm

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