Tuesday, May 8, 2011
To drag our economy out of the biggest crisis since the Great Depression, America needs another moon shot. Can the investment of billions into the clean energy sector trigger the creation of millions of jobs and innovation? Or would we simply be pumping dollars into the myth of a green economy?
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Bill Ritter
41st Governor of Colorado
For
Kassia Yanosek
Founder of Tana Energy Capital LLC
Against
Steven Hayward
Author, Almanac of Environmental Trends
Against
Robert Bryce
Author, Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy
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John Donvan
Author and correspondent for ABC News.
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Bill Ritter
Governor of Colorado
Was Colorado’s 41st governor. He established Colorado as a national and international leader in renewable energy by building a New Energy Economy that is creating thousands of new jobs and establishing hundreds of new companies. Gov. Ritter served as Denver's district attorney from 1993 to January 2005. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Colorado State University (1978) and his law degree from the University of Colorado (1981).
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Kassia Yanosek
Founder of Tana Energy Capital LLC
Is an investment advisor to the energy sector and is founder of Tana Energy Capital LLC. She also serves as a Steering Committee member of the U.S. Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance, a group she co-founded in 2009 with other financiers from leading institutions to provide insights to U.S. government officials on renewable energy policy from a capital markets perspective. In 2005, she served in the White House as an advisor on energy and economic policy at the National Economic Council.
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Robert Bryce
Author, Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy
Is the author of several books, most recently Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future (2010). From 2006 to September 2010, he worked as the managing editor of the Houston-based online publication, Energy Tribune. In April 2010, he joined the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Energy Policy and the Environment as a senior fellow. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications including the Atlantic Monthly, Wall Street Journal, Slate, New York Times, and the Washington Post.
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Steven Hayward
Author, Almanac of Environmental Trends
writes on a wide range of public policy issues. He is the author of Almanac of Environmental Trends and most recently Mere Environmentalism, an examination of the philosophical presuppositions underlying the environmental movement. He has written biographies of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and of Winston Churchill. Hayward is also a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. He contributes to AEI's Energy and Environment Outlook series.
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Research For The Motion:
- Articles & Publications: Yanosek, Kassia
- Articles & Publications: Ritter, Bill
Research Against The Motion:
- Articles & Publications: Hayward, Steven
- Articles & Publications: Bryce, Robert
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