Houston, Texas: the city will host a forum where Us presidential candidates will discuss future energy policy
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.