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Green Economy Webinar: The Role of Chambers of Commerce

Thursday, March 11, 2010
1:30 – 2:30pm ET

Chambers of Commerce across the South have initiated new programs and initiatives to promote and support green business and sustainability initiatives. This webinar will explore what chamber leaders are seeing across the region as well as learn about specific initiatives such as St. Louis’ Climate Prosperity Project and Chapel Hill’s Green Plus program. The webinar speakers are:

    • Mick Fleming
      President
      American Chamber of Commerce Executives
    • Eric Schneider
      Senior Director – Energy and Environment
      St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association
    • Aaron Nelson
      President & CEO
      Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce

The webinar is free, but pre-registration required. Register for the webinar here.

SAFER Releases Forestry & Carbon Markets Issue Briefs

Carbon markets have the potential to benefit forest landowners in the South. SAFER has released two new Issue Briefs focused on explaining what carbon markets are, how they work, and the potential economic benefits to landowners. The first Brief, “Opportunities for Forestry in Emerging Carbon Markets,” explores opportunities for traditional forestry land owners, while “Seeing the City for the Trees” focuses on opportunities for the urban forest.

 

Over 130 listen to the Clean Energy Economy in the South Webinar

In June 2009, the Pew Center on the States released a state-by-state analysis that estimates the number of jobs in the Clean Energy Economy from 1998 to 2007 and found that jobs in the clean energy economy grew at a faster rate than all jobs combined. This webinar, presented by Southern Growth Policies Board, featured Kil Huh, Director of Research at the Pew Center on the States. Huh discussed the results of the report in terms of the findings, implications, and opportunities for the South. For audio and presentation downloads from the webinar go to our Project Archives page.

 


 

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Renew South Newsflash

25x’25 urges expansion of RFS biomass definition

The new rule announced by EPA last week implementing the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) takes a major step toward a clean energy future by including forest biomass as a feedstock for transportation fuels. However, any effort to maximize this plentiful source of low-cost, domestically produced biomass is hamstrung by a flawed legal definition that excludes an estimated 90 percent of the nation’s renewable biomass from private forests from the program…
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PHONE: 919-941-5145 • FAX: 919-941-5594
CHARITY PENNOCK — PROJECT COORDINATOR, SAFER • cpennock@southern.org

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