Featured
Speaker: Mary Nichols
Mary D. Nichols is
Chairman of the California Air Resources Board,
a post she has held
since 2007. In addition to
her work at the Air
Board, she has served as Assistant
Administrator for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Air and
Radiation program under
President Clinton; Secretary for California's
Resources Agency from
1999 to 2003; and Director of the Institute of
the Environment at the
University of California, Los Angeles.
Other Featured Speakers:
Michael
Brune is
the executive director of the Sierra Club.
Lauren
Faber is the
West Coast political director of the Environmental
Defense Fund.
Mohammed
Beshir is
an associate professor of electrical engineering
systems at USC.
George
Minter is
the director of policy and environment at Southern
California Gas
Company.
Nancy
Sutley is the
chief sustainability and economic development
officer at LADWP.
Louis
Blumberg is
the director of California Climate Change at The
Nature
Conservancy.
Denny
Zane is the
executive director of Move LA.
Denise
Fairchild is
the president and CEO of the Emerald Cities
Collaborative.
Senator
Fran
Pavley is the chair of the California
State Senate Natural
Resources and Water Committee.
Aaron
Paley is the
cofounder and executive director of CicLAvia.
Byron
Ramos
Gudiel is the executive director of
Communities for a Better
Environment.
Gary
Gero is the
president of Climate Action Reserve.
Mark
Abramowitz is the president of the
California Hydrogen
Business Council.
About Decarbonizing California:
California is
leading the fight
against climate change. Yet, despite our efforts,
California is
warming. In the past century, our wildfire season
has expanded by an
extra 38 days. The Sierra snowpack is shrinking.
Climate scientists
anticipate a 3-5ºF temperature increase in Los
Angeles by
midcentury.
California's landmark climate law, AB32, was
designed to reduce our state's contributions to
climate change. And
it's working. Our first target will be reached: we
will stabilize
greenhouse gas emissions at 1990 levels by 2020.
However, the law's
second target—reduce emissions to 80% below 1990
levels by 2050—will
require determination and innovation. Fortunately,
Californians
possess both attributes in abundance.
The Decarbonizing
California conference will demonstrate how our
state can meet our 2050
targets while simultaneously improving our lives
and growing the
economy. Supported by important organizations,
this conference is your
chance to hear from the front lines. Don't forget
to RSVP
online
today (tickets are free, but registration is
required)!
http://climateresolvela.nationbuilder.com/
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