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| How Environmental Policy Can Help Fix the Global Economy |
Duke Alumni Association members are invited to join Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute, and distinguished members of the Institute's Board of Advisors for a presentation and discussion of environmental policy, sustainable growth and U.S. jobs, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 8 at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The evening will begin with a cocktail reception, followed by remarks and a presentation by Profeta and Institute Board member Carter Roberts, president and CEO of the WWF, and Board chairman William K. Reilly, founding partner of Aqua International Partners LP and administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1989-1993. The presentation will feature Board member Charles O. Holliday, former chairman of DuPont, speaking about "How Environmental Policy Can Help Fix the Global Economy." It will conclude with a question and answer session with the audience.
Cost is $25 per person and space is limited. Duke Alumni Association members can register online through the Directory link on the association's Web site. For more information, contact Kate Johnson at[email protected] or George Dorfman at [email protected].
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The Low-Carbon Economy: Where are the U.S. Jobs?
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The second EnLIST Webinar, featuring former DuPont chairman Charles Holliday discussing U.S. job growth, sustainability and the low-carbon economy, is now viewable online. EnLIST Webinars are live, interactive conversations with leaders from industry, government and the nonprofit sector, moderated by Institute Director Tim Profeta. The Webinar with Holliday was recorded during his visit to Duke earlier this month to give a free public lecture on sustainable growth for the university's Corporate Sustainability Initiative, a joint program of the Nicholas Institute, Fuqua School of Business and Nicholas School of the Environment.
Holliday was chairman of DuPont from 1998 through 2009. During his decade of leadership, the company made sustainable growth a core mission, increasing shareholder and societal value while decreasing its environmental footprint. Holliday co-authored the book, Walking the Talk, which details the business
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2010 Institute Seminar Series to Feature Four Talks in March
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The Nicholas Institute and Environmental Institutions Seminar Series for spring 2010 continues in March with four timely presentations to the Duke community on environmental issues.
Robert Conrad of the Sanford School of Public Policy will present "The Elusive Search for the Natural Resource Curse" on March 5; Eric Roston of the Nicholas Institute will discuss "India's Two Minds on Climate Change" on March 19; and Stacy VanDeveer of the University of New Hampshire will present "North American Climate Politics" on March 26. The month's seminars will conclude on March 29 with a special presentation by Denny Ellerman of MIT, Frank Convery of University College in Dublin, and Christian de Perthuis of the University of Paris-Dauphine on "Pricing Carbon: the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme." Time and locations of each presentation are available on the Web page listed below. Recordings of the seminars, when available, will be available at nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/events/seminars-sp10. For more information, contact David Cooley at [email protected].
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| Pendlenton to Speak at Congressional Briefing | |
Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and coastal policy, will speak at a Congressional briefing on March 2. He will present expert testimony on "Restoring Habitats, Revitalizing Economies: How Improving Coastal Areas Creates Jobs and Boosts Local Economies." The briefing is the third time this year that Pendleton has presented testimony to Congress. In addition to Pendleton's presentations, Brian Murray, director for economic analysis, presented testimony on the role of agricultural and forest offsets in a cap-and-trade policy to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research, on Dec. 3, 2009. Director Tim Profeta presented testimony on greenhouse gas market design to the U.S. Senate Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on September 9.
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| Forum Examines Gulf of Mexico Reef Fishery Management | |
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is tasked with managing federal fisheries in a complex regulatory environment. In response to a request from council members, the Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum (FLSF) developed a discussion document that examines the challenges surrounding management of two of the most valuable species in the reef fish complex, red and gag grouper. "We were asked to assist in broadening the range of management strategies under consideration, and consulted with managers and experts representing a diversity of regions and disciplines," says Catherine Latanich of FLSF. "We believe that this discussion document is a resource with lasting value that will help inform discussions of reef fish management in the future." The discussion document is posted on the FLSF's Web site. The FLSF is a joint initiative of the Nicholas Institute, the Nicholas School of the Environment, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Center for Ocean Solutions managed by the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.
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State Policy Team Assists with Falls Lake Consensus Principles
| Bill Holman, director of state policy, and Amy Pickle, senior attorney for state policy, served as resources for Raleigh, Durham, Wake County, Durham County, Granville County and others in the Raleigh-Durham region to help develop consensus principles to protect and restore water quality in Falls Lake and the Upper Neuse River Basin, important sources of drinking water for the region. The consensus principles come at a critical time, Holman says. The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will begin a state rulemaking process in March to reduce the loading of nitrogen and phosphorus into Falls Lake.
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| Op-Ed: National Ocean Policy Makes Sense | An op-ed this month in the Bangor Daily News by Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and coastal policy, makes a strong case for why a long-overdue national ocean policy makes sense. "Right now, our oceans and coasts are governed by more than 140 laws and 20 different agencies, each with different goals and often conflicting mandates. There's no unifying policy or coordination in planning," he writes. "The result is ocean sprawl, with little thought given to selecting the best places for particular uses." This pressures our already-stressed oceans and jeopardizes the food, jobs and recreation they provide. The Obama administration's proposed new national ocean policy will create a state-federal partnership for coastal and marine spatial planning to help stakeholders identify a better approach to coordinating uses in increasingly crowded ocean waters. But the plan's success depends on participation by stakeholders from all sides, Pendleton concludes. "Much of the details of the plan will be left to states and regions," he writes, "Ultimately ... the national ocean policy will only be as good as we make it."
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