CLEAN SKIES TO STREAM LIVE FROM NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT 2.0: JOBS AND THE NEW ECONOMY

Debate-Shaping, On-Demand Network to Capture Robust Energy Policy Discussion As It Happens

WASHINGTON (August 6, 2009) /PRNewswire/ — Committed to delivering real-time coverage of the most pressing energy and environment news of the day, Clean Skies today announced plans to stream live from the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0: Jobs and the New Economy on Monday, August 10 in Las Vegas. Created by Senate Major Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the Summit convenes the nation's preeminent energy and environment newsmakers to discuss job creation and energy efficiency and independence, among other topics.

The seasoned journalists of the Clean Skies news team will deliver gavel-to-gavel coverage of this high-level dialogue online, throughout the day, at: www.cleanskies.com. Highlights of the day's programming will include:

1:00-3:30 p.m. EDT: With the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Cox Pavilion as the backdrop, Clean Skies will follow the Summit's roundtable, "Building the Clean-Energy Economy" from opening statements to its close. After remarks by United Nations Foundation president, former Senator Tim Wirth (D-Colo.); Dr. Neal Smatresk, acting president, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV); Vice President Al Gore; and John D. Podesta, president and CEO, Center for American Progress Action Fund, participants will engage in panel discussions on the case for clean-energy investment, bringing energy-efficiency retrofits to scale and how to promote the market for renewable energy and energy infrastructure.

Confirmed roundtable participants include, among others: U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu; Van Jones, Special Advisor, White House Council on Environmental Quality; General Wesley Clark, Chairman, Growth Energy; Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association; T. Boone Pickens, Boone Pickens Capital Management; U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis; and Dr. Stephanie Burns, CEO, Dow Corning.
4 p.m. EDT: Clean Skies anchor and managing editor Susan McGinnis will report live from the floor of the Summit during Clean Skies' regularly-scheduled Energy Report, with chief correspondent Tyler Suiters at the anchor desk in Washington, D.C.

5:00- 6:30 p.m. EDT: Join Clean Skies for coverage of the "Clean-Energy Policy Community Town Hall," which will begin after special remarks from President Bill Clinton. John Podesta will moderate a lively town hall discussion. Vice President Al Gore, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Cathy Zoi, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, and T. Boone Pickens will participate.

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Comment by Paul on August 10, 2009 at 11:03am: Hi Amy,

Are you referring to my disdain for a patronizing, bloodless, lying, pandering, Senator from Nevada? I don't recall agreeing to check free speech at the door.

I'm sorry if you're offended by my comments, but I'm offended by the drivel that emerges from the Senators mouth. And he's speaking in an official capacity -- I'm just exercising my rights.

The Light is Green!

Comment by amy oconnor on August 10, 2009 at 10:06am: can we stop all the Offensive political remarks on this site or are you going to continue to drive members away ?
I thought it was agreed that political insults have NO PLACE here

Comment by Mike Johnston on August 10, 2009 at 9:18am: Hi Paul, I will see if I can get permission from one of the streaming sites to edit and post the most interesting content after the live broadcast.

Comment by Mike Johnston on August 10, 2009 at 9:17am: Hi Mohamed :-)

Comment by Paul on August 10, 2009 at 7:32am: I hope someone will watch & edit the chunks by speaker. I simply can't stand having to listen to soporific "whorehouse" Harry Reid (an apropos moniker used by Jerry Doyle) the soporific part is my adjective.

Comment by Mr Yahiaoui Mohamed on August 10, 2009 at 6:17am: Hi I'm mohamed I'enjoy to meet every body here,I'm from france and appreciated your community for your Pickens Plan movement.

Comment by Donna Smith on August 10, 2009 at 5:12am: I bookmarked this site http://www.cleanskies.com from the above post.
If at all possible we should try to catch at least some of it during the day.
Clean Skies plans to stream live from the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0: Jobs and the New Economy on Monday, August 10 in Las Vegas
It appears to be quite a cast attending. I'll be interested in knowing everyone' input on all of it.

Comment by KENN DRESCHER on August 7, 2009 at 2:14pm: This is excellent! Now, more than ever we need to see meaningful interaction between the Group which has become the Pickens Plan movement, and National leaders whom are in a position to get Legislation moving.
We need to urgently get off dependance of Oil; foreign oil, especially Persian Gulf Oil, which may become a short fall as earily as this late Winter if Israeli's percieve that the Iranian Nuke Program has reached what they term as, "The Red Line". PickensPlan IS: Our Strategic Oil Reserve-