Carol Browner, Senator Klobuchar, Congressman Inslee among Experts to Discuss Green Future for U.S. Cities, on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, from 8:30 - 10:00 A.M., at Washington's National Press Club

Obama Energy Director Browner on Energy Efficiency and Getting Cities to Go Green

EVENT TOPIC: 'Going Green: America's Cities and the Role of Government'

WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by U.S. News & World Report:

DESCRIPTION: U.S. News & World Report's National Issues Briefing, "Going Green: America's Cities and the Role of Government," will evaluate the current relationship between federal, state and local governments over issues in sustainable development and energy efficiency. The Briefing will consider how the federal government, through stimulus funds and other efforts, are helping states and cities adopt green initiatives and technologies and examine how cities, working with federal agencies, can better convert old-line industries into advanced-energy businesses, encourage green construction and better allocate goods and services that will strengthen prospects for a more sustainable society. The Briefing will also address how governments at all levels can reduce impediments to free market or private efforts to create green buildings and increase energy efficiency.

WELCOME: Daryl D. Dulaney, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Industry, Inc.

MODERATOR: Brian Kelly, Editor, U.S. News & World Report

KEYNOTE: Carol Browner, Director, Office of Energy and Climate Policy, The White House

PANEL: Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Member, Committee on Environment and Public Works

Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Member, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA), Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce

Other officials and experts to be confirmed

DATE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010

TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (Panel discussion at 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.; Keynote Conversation with Carol Browner at 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.; Q&A opportunity for both panel discussion and Ms. Browner; open to media with RSVP; complimentary breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m.)

PLACE: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W. (13th Floor, Holeman Lounge),

Washington, D.C. 20045

SOURCE U.S. News & World Report

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