AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host its second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit on November 19 and 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.
The burgeoning opportunities flowing from the energy revolution are now directly threatened by federal regulatory mandates to displace coal, oil, and natural gas. The transformative powers of energy face the coercive powers of government. Current federal policies to supplant fossil fuels could undermine mankind’s greatest advance and consign the developing world to abject poverty. The stakes couldn’t be higher in this epochal confrontation. Come hear the best minds on these important issues distinguish fact from prevalent myths.
Sessions include Not a Pollutant: CO2 is the Gas of Life; Society Transformed: How Low Energy Costs Bring Prosperity; and Politics and Economics of the Debate of Climate and Carbon.
For additional information and the full agenda, visit: http://crossroads-summit.com/
To register as media, please contact Caroline Espinosa at [email protected] or (512) 472-2700.
To sign up for livestream notifications, please visit: http://txpo.li/Crossroads15
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U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) U.S. Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Dr. Cal Beisner, Cornwall Alliance Robert L. Bradley, Jr., Institute for Energy Research Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 Astronaut Rupert Darwall, author, “The Age of Global Warming” Dr. Hal Doiron, The Right Climate Stuff, former NASA Engineer Dr. Don Easterbrook, Western Washington University Raymond Gifford, Wilkinson Barker, Knauer, LLP Dr. Will Happer, Princeton University Dr. Richard Lindzen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brian Lloyd, Public Utility Commission of Texas Mark Mills, Manhattan Institute Dr. Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace Stephen Moore, Heritage Foundation Marc Morano, ClimateDepot.com Robert E. Murray, Murray Energy Corporation Michael J. Nasi, Jackson Walker, LLP Dr. Caleb Rossiter, American University Dr. George L. Stegemeier, GLS Engineering, Inc. H. Leighton Steward, Southern Methodist University James Taylor, Heartland Institute Kathleen Hartnett White, Texas Public Policy Foundation and former chair, TCEQ |
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“At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit” |
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Thursday, November 19, 2015, 11:30 a.m.–10:00 p.m. CST Friday, November 20, 2015, 7:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. CST |
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Texas Public Policy Foundation 901 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 |
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit, free-market research institute based in Austin, Texas.