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Climate Change Symposia

 

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| Climate Policy Part I | Climate Policy Part II | Climate Science |

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Symposium: Climate Policy (Part I)

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at DEQ

• Part 1: Welcome and Introductions (Rick Sprott): Greenhouse Gas Emmissions Goal-Setting (Kurt Maurer); Cap and Trade Programs (Kyle Davis)
• Part 2: Carbon Tax (Dr. Gary Bryner); Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registries (Joel Levin)

Presentations included:

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal-Setting – Kurt Maurer, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality - Bio

Cap and Trade Programs – Kyle Davis, Manager of Environmental Policy and Strategy, PacifiCorp - Bio

Carbon Tax – Dr. Gary Bryner, Professor of Political Science, BYU - Bio

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registries – Joel Levin, Vice President of Business Development, California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) - Bio

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Symposium: Climate Policy (Part II)

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at DEQ

 

• Part 1: Welcome and introduction (Rick Sprott), Carbon Capture and Sequestration (Bill Townsend, Ray Levey),
  Electricity Technology in a Carbon-Constrained Future (Bryan Hannegan)
• Part 2: Renewable Portfolio Standards (Ryan Wiser), Panel Discussion, Renewables Portfolio Standards
  (Regulated utilities – Kyle Davis, Co-ops – Curt Winterfeld, Municipal utilities – Ted Rampton, David Lock, CAMU)

Presentations included:

Welcome and introduction – Rick Sprott, Utah Division of Air Quality

Carbon Capture and Sequestration - Bill Townsend, Blue Source - Bio ; Ray Levey, EGI - Bio

Electricity Technology in a Carbon-Constrained Future – Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Bryan Hannegan - Bio

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Renewable Portfolio Standards – Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Bio

Panel Discussion, Renewables Portfolio Standards

• Regulated utilities – Kyle Davis, PacifiCorp - Bio
• Co-ops – Curt Winterfeld, Deseret Generation and Transmission
• Municipal utilities – Ted Rampton, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and David Lock, Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities; David Lock, CAMU
  

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Symposium: Climate Science

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at DEQ

*Click here to view the archived webcast *

Each presentation is 1 hour, including 10-minutes for clarifying questions.

Presentations included:

• Historical and monitoring evidence - Dr. David Chapman, Dean of The Graduate School, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, and Professor of Geology & Geophysics at the University of Utah. Bio
• Strengths and weaknesses of global climate modeling - Dr. Caspar Ammann, a climate scientist working at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Bio
• Regional aspects of Climate Change - Dr. Fred Wagner, Professor Emeritus, Wildland Resources, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University.

* Inclusion of archived tapes on this web site is for informational purposes only and is not meant as an official endorsement of individual opinions by the Blue Ribbon Advisory Council or by the Climate Change Stakeholder Work Group.

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