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NESEA Tackles Global Warming with Forum in Boston, March 16
Forum to Address Issues Raised in EPA Report Predicting Boston Floods
(CSRwire) GREENFIELD, MA - The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
(NESEA) is hosting a free public forum on climate change. Tackling Global
Warming in the Northeast: Economic Opportunities and Policy Challenges is
open to the public free of charge and will be held on Wednesday, March 16,
from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.
"The EPA has released a report that foresees Boston facing significant
flooding and economic losses from a rise in ocean levels due to global
warming," said Nancy Hazard, Executive Director of NESEA. "The forum
offers the public the opportunity to learn what business communities,
governments, and individuals can do to significantly cut
global-warming-causing emissions."
This forum is a featured highlight of Building Energy 05, NESEA's 30th
annual conference. The conference draws renewable energy and green
building professionals for three days of speakers, workshops, networking
and special events. The conference features 150 speakers, nearly 80
sessions and 11 workshops. The first two days include a full Trade Show
with over a hundred exhibitors. The Title Sponsor of Building Energy '05
is the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
According to the newly-released EPA study, even the mildest impact of
global warming would cause storm surge flooding of historic landmarks such
as the Boston Public Garden and community treasures including Massachusetts
General Hospital.
"The good news," Hazard said, "is that the technologies that can reduce
global warming emissions already exist, and new economic opportunities are
emerging through the development of climate change solutions, but we need
the will to embrace these solutions. The Northeast states have already
agreed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
NESEA's Tackling Global Warming forum will showcase the wide variety of
steps we can all take now to hold the flood waters back."
The Tackling Global Warming forum, sponsored by UK Trade & Investment,
features a panel of leaders that can speak to the role of technology,
business, and government in the US and the UK that working together, could
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Panelists include:
"UK's Vision and Experience," Marc Sinclair, British Consulate
General
"The Role of Regulations," Sonia Hamel, Mass. Office of the
Commonwealth Development
"The Role of Business," Mindy Lubber, Executive Director, CERES
"The Role of Green Buildings," Gregory Kats, Capital E
"The Role of Renewable Energy," Daniel G. Goldman, New Energy Capital
Corp.
In conjunction with the Tackling Global Warming in the Northeast forum,
the Building Energy 05 Trade Show will be open to the public at no cost
from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), organizer of the
conference, is the nation's leading regional education and advocacy
association that aims to accelerate the deployment and use of renewable
energy, green buildings, and energy efficiency in everyday life. For more
than thirty years, NESEA has facilitated and enhanced a network of
professionals, practitioners, and the general public in pursuit of
responsible energy use.
For more information about Building Energy 05 - "The Practice of
Sustainability: Art/Science/Business," and the Tackling Global Warming in
the Northeast forum, please visit www.nesea.org or call 413-223-8005.
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