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Gallup CEO James Clifton gave a presentation of exclusive polling data on energy. Here is a summary.
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US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke spoke to the lunchtime crowd. Here is a summary of his remarks:
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We want your questions
What’s the best way to promote sustainable energy? How can U.S. businesses stay competitive by adopting clean energy? Of all the solutions on the table, which ones are the best?There are a lot of questions about energy. We want to hear yours.Post a question to @CompeteNow on Twitter. We’ll ask the best ones to Susan Rochford, the Council on Competitiveness’ Vice President for Energy & Sustainability Initiatives and share her answers with you.We’ll also be announcing another way for you to get involved and share your energy ideas with the National Energy Summit. Stay tuned.…Read More
Video: it’s time to compete
The United States, and the world, are facing an energy situation that gets more dire every day. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said that climate change is "the greatest collective challenge we face." But this problem isn’t new. For years, we’ve known that our practices weren’t sustainable and that we needed to change. But while information has circled through the ether, contradictory stories and lack of communication meant that we couldn’t move forward. Everyone was talking, but no one was listening. That’s all changing. The National Energy Summit is bringing together leaders in business,…Read More
USA Today: College Students Want to Study Sustainability
It’s not just businesses and policymakers who are concerned about sustainability and energy. USA Today has a story about college students pursuing green degrees in programs that will give them the tools to succeed in the growing market of jobs focused on innovation in energy: One popular program is an MBA that teaches skills for operating sustainable businesses. A University of Pennsylvania program that started this year lets students earn an MBA and a master’s in environmental studies at the same time. … Architecture schools are responding to the…Read More
Washington Post Op-Ed: “US Needs to Lead in Clean Energy Future”
In today’s Washington Post, Council on Competitiveness member and Chairman and CEO of General Electric Jeff Immelt wrote an op-ed with John Doerr about the need for the U.S. to take the lead in clean energy and green technology. America confronts three interrelated crises: an economic crisis, a climate crisis and an energy security crisis. We believe there’s a fourth: a competitiveness crisis. … Energy in the United States costs more than $1 trillion a year—for oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewables. This is on top of a similar sum spent on the things that…Read More
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The Council on Competitiveness and Newsweek have come together to present the National Energy Summit & International Dialogue, which will take place Sept. 23 and 24 in Washington, DC. The Summit will feature high-level dialogues moderated by Newsweek’s senior editors and involving the leading global voices on energy competitiveness. Top corporate CEOs, senior U.S. and global government officials, university presidents, labor union leaders, and other luminaries will set out specific strategies for meeting U.S. energy and sustainability challenges on day one, and on day two outline private…Read More
