Oil teams with greens for forum
Houston's oil-based business community has teamed up with the oldest
environmental organization in the US to host a November forum for leading
presidential candidates to discuss US energy policy.
The Greater Houston Partnership, a public-private economic development
organization with significant representation from the oil industry, and the
Sierra Club are talking with the top candidates from both parties to appear
at the forum to be broadcast on 13 November, Reutes reported.
"It's an extremely timely issue," said Jeff Moseley, chief executive and
president of the Greater Houston Partnership. "There's not a day goes by
that every one of us thinks about the cost of that tank of gas."
For the Sierra Club, the planned forum offers a chance to broaden support for
new technologies that could increase US energy supply while reducing
ecological damage, a spokesman said.
"We are particularly excited about this event because it's reaching out to
both sides of the aisle about 21st-century energy solutions," said the
Sierra Club's national press secretary, David Willett.
28 August 2007 02:30 GMT
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28 August 2007 04:38 GMT
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