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David Doniger of NRDC, Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, PSEG; Jim Rogers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy, take part.

Head of an energy-industry executive recruitment and human resources firm, Chris Swan is interviewed about a coming workforce crisis in the energy industry.

Energy Service Companies like Johnson Controls and Ameresco have developed a partnership with utility companies that shows energy efficiency can be both profitable and beneficial.

Malcolm Woolf, Director, Maryland Energy Administration, is interviewed about Maryland's experience with electric power deregulation, energy and environmentlegislation to come out of the 2008 session of the state legislature, and Maryland's involvement in a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government aimed at being able to regulate vehicle tailpipe emissions to control global climate change.

In preparation for the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Policy and Technical Group Business Meetings to be held in Cape Town, South Africa on April 13-17, 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy provides a briefing to interested parties on current CSLF activities and the U.S. position on CSLF issues.

Washington, DC - Eric Schaeffer, President, Environmental Integrity Project, is interviewed about an analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data, which finds carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants saw the largest rise in a decade.

Michael Mudd, Chief Executive Officer, FutureGen, is interviewed on FutureGen, a planned near-zero-emission coal-fired power plant and the Department of Energy's recently announced restructuring of that project.

Researchers at the University of Alberta are working on a system to send signals through power lines to enhance the electrical grid to betterhandle distributed power generation.

In a victory for environmentalists, and a setback for big U.S. coal-burning utilities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the EPA violated the Clean Air Act in 2005 when it exempted coal plants from the strictest emission controls for mercury and other toxic substances.

The goal of the Hawai'i Clean Energy Initiative is to use renewable resources -- such as wind, sun, ocean, geothermal, and bioenergy -- to supply 70 percent or more of Hawai'i's energy needs by 2030.  This will reduce the state's dependence on imported oil and help bring energy price stability to Hawai'i consumers.

Hank Courtright, Sr. Vice President, Member Services, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), describes how technology can help address climate change, including nuclear, efficiency, rooftop solar and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Leaders from a broad cross-section of the energy industry address climate change and other top legislative issues for 2008.

Representatives of the FutureGen Alliance announce that Mattoon, IL, has been chosen as the final site to host the FutureGen power plant. FutureGen is a public-private partnership to design, build, and operate the world's first coal-fueled, near-zero emissions power plant, at an estimated net project cost of US $1.5 billion.

Bill Gross, Chairman, eSolar, describes eSolar's utility-scale energy technology and the objective of the company to develop cheaper renewable power. Thecompany is involved with Google's RE<C green power initiative.

The U.S.'s "energy intensity" -- a measure of the amount of energy consumed per unit of gross domestic product -- has declined by an average of 2.1% a year since the 1970s energy crisis. Impressive gains have been made, but there's a lot more we can do, starting with you.