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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Unifies Nation's Leaders at National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas to Chart America's Clean Energy Future

Posted on: Monday, 21 July 2008, 15:00 CDT

LAS VEGAS, July 21 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT: The National Clean Energy Summit, hosted Tuesday, August 19 by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Nevada Senator Harry Reid and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) will join industry leaders, scientists and policy experts to define an agenda that accelerates the development of renewable energy, energy-efficiency technologies and robust clean energy markets throughout the nation and world. The Summit's objective is to define consensus ideas and principles that participants can carry to the parties' political conventions and into the next Administration. To conclude the event, Reid, Podesta and Ashley will host a news conference at 6:30 p.m. to lay out deliverables from the Summit including key policy priorities that emerge from the day's discussions. The National Clean Energy Summit will feature the following panel discussions: -- Earning More by Using Less: Businesses, Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- The Clean Energy Economy -- Restoring American Leadership: Jobs, Growth, Communities and Trade -- The Visible Hand: Government's Role in the Clean Energy Transformation Opportunities to Accelerate Deployment of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- For detailed agenda, including panel moderators and participants, visit http://cleanenergysummit.org/agenda.html WHO: Speakers and Panel Participants: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; John Podesta, Pres./CEO Center for American Progress Action Fund; David B. Ashley, UNLV President; Pres. Bill Clinton; NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg; AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano; CO Gov. Bill Ritter; Robert Rubin, former Treasury Secretary and Pres. Citigroup; T. Boone Pickens; NV Sen. Randolph Townsend; Jim Murren, Pres./COO MGM MIRAGE; Jon Creyts, Principal McKinsey Global; Congresswoman Hilda Solis, 32nd Dist. Calif.; NV Sen. Dina Titus; Trenton Mayor Douglas Palmer, Pres. U.S. Conference of Mayors; Somer Hollingsworth, Pres./CEO Nevada Development Authority; Ian Rogoff, Chairman/Trustee Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization; Leo Gerard, Pres. United Steelworkers; Edward Mazria, Founder Architecture 2030; Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Dr. Steven Chu, Dir. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Dr. David Overskei, Pres. Decision Factors; Neal Skiver, SVP Energy Services for Bank of America Public Capital Corp. WHEN: Tues., Aug. 19, 2008 Summit begins at 9 a.m. PDT Media check-in begins at 8 a.m. All media must be in place by 8:45 a.m. Closing news conference begins at 6:30 p.m. One-on-one interviews can be scheduled following the event WHERE: Cox Pavilion, University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89119

Center for American Progress Action Fund

CONTACT: Natalie Mounier, +1-702-737-3100, nmounier@kirvindoak.com, forCenter for American Progress Action Fund

Web site: http://cleanenergysummit.org/agenda.html

Source: PRNewswire

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