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Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future
January 26-27, 2006 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC

Breakout Session 19: Global and U.S. Perspectives on the Prospect for Renewable Energy

Chairs:
Michael Eckhart, President, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
David Hales, Council for Sustainability Policy, Worldwatch Institute

Discussants:
Henry (Hank) Habicht II, CEO, Global Environment & Technology Foundation
Bill Holmberg, Chairman, Biomass Coordinating Council, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Howard Learner, Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Griffin Thompson, Agency for International Development, United States State Department
Tom Weirich, Business Development Associate, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)

Participant Biographies

Howard A. Learner is an experienced public interest attorney who serves as the President of the Environmental Law and Policy Center – the Midwest’s leading environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization. He is responsible for the overall strategic leadership and program direction for ELPC's work to promote clean energy development solutions to global warming problems, improve the Midwest's environmental quality, and preserve the region's natural resources and heritage. One of the Center’s premises is that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together. Mr. Learner previously served as General Counsel for Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a public interest law center in Chicago, where he specialized in complex environmental, energy and community economic development litigation and policy development. Mr. Learner received the Public Interest Law Initiative’s Distinguished Public Service Award (2005) and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s National Champion of Energy Efficiency Award for Energy Policy (2002). He and the Center received the American Wind Energy Association’s National Wind Energy Advocacy Award (2004). Mr. Learner is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University Law School, teaching an advanced environmental law seminar. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School (1980), and a B.A. from the University of Michigan (1976).

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