| Thursday, August 25 |
| 8:30 |
Convene Meeting and Introductions
Steve Owens, Arizona, WRAP Co-Chair |
| 8:35 |
Welcome to New Mexico
Ron Curry, Secretary, New Mexico Environment Department |
| 8:45 |
Round Table Discussion: Climate Change Initiatives
and Activities in the WRAP Region
- Washington – Ron Shultz
-Presentation: "Washington Actions" PDF or PPT
-Presentation: "West Coast Global Warming
Initiative" PDF or PPT (2.1MB)
- Oregon – David Van’t Hof
Presentation: "Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse
Gas Reductions" PDF or PPT
- Arizona – Steve Owens
- New Mexico – Jim Norton
- Other State and Tribal Perspectives
|
| 10:45 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Other State, Local, Regional and Tribal Climate
Change Initiatives
- Center for Climate Strategies – Tom Peterson
Presentation: "Climate Policy Development" PDF or PPT
- RGGI – Ken Colburn
Presentation: "The NEG-ECP Climate Change
Action Plan and the Northeast Regional Greenhouse
Gas Initiative (RGGI)" PDF or PPT
- Salt Lake City -- Lisa Romney, Mayor’s Office
Presentation: "Salt Lake City Green, Local
Action on Climate Change" PDF (3.1MB)
or PPT (13.4MB)
- Southwest Climate Council – Bineshi Albert
Presentation: PDF or PPT (4.7MB)
|
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Overview of Recent Regional and Federal Government
Actions
- Federal Actions - Tim Profeta, Duke University
Presentation: "The Federal Debate on Climate
Change" PDF or PPT
- WGA Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory Committee
- Ned Farquhar, Office of Governor Bill Richardson
- Massachusetts et. al. v. EPA, Paul Seby, CEED
Presentation: PDF or PPS
|
| 2:30 |
Non-Governmental Organizations: How are they currently
involved with states and tribes? What resources and
information do they have to offer?
- The Climate Group – Michael Northrup
Presentation: "Reducing GHG Emissions: The
Experience So Far" PDF or PPT
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change – Josh
Bushinsky
Presentation: PDF (3.4MB)
or PPT (1.3MB)
- Environmental Defense – Jana Milford
|
| 3:30 |
Break |
| 3:45 |
The Private Sector: How are they currently involved
with states and tribes? What resources and information
do they have to offer?
- Intel -- Tim Mohin
Presentation: "Intel's Climate Change Strategy" PDF or PPT
- Bob Gough, Secretary, Intertribal Council on Utility
Policy
Presentation: "Tribal Climate Change Initiatives"
PDF (6.7MB)
- Duke Energy -- Joshua Epel
Presentation: "The Private Sector: How we
are currently involved with the States and Tribes" PDF or PPT
- Public Service Co. of New Mexico – Jeff
Burks
Presentation: "A Utility’s Perspective
on Climate Change" PDF or PPT
|
| 4:45 |
Wrap-up the day’s session |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn |
| 6:30 |
Dinner at the St. Frances
Guest Speaker: Jerry Meehl
Presentation: "Updates on the IPCC Fourth Assessment
Report (AR4)" PDF (3.2MB)
or PPT (6.4MB) |
|
Friday,
August 26 |
| 8:30 |
Registries
- Center for Climate Strategies – Ken Colburn
Presentation: "Greenhouse Gas Registries and
the Regional Greenhouse Gas Registry (RGGR)" PDF or PPT
- California – Diane Wittenberg
Presentation: "GHG Registries and Options
for Western States Collaboration" PDF or PPT (1.7MB)
- Chicago Climate Exchange – Paula DiPerna
Presentation: PDF
|
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Information needs: What do states and tribes need
to know to better understand the issues and evaluate
options?
- Summary and Next Steps
- Conference calls
- December WRAP Meeting
- Funding
|
| 12:00 |
Adjourn meeting |
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