Student Pugwash USA (SPUSA)

Policy Portal:

A Science & Tech Policy Series for Interns

Join other Washington interns and leading experts to discuss today’s top science and technology topics!

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WHY ARE GAS PRICES SO HIGH AND ARE BIOFUELS THE SOLUTION?

Free pizza lunch will be served

Friday, June 29, 2007

12 noon- 1:00 p.m.

What factors control the rising prices at the pump? Are biofuels the solution to our energy woes and the path to energy security?

Speakers:

KIT BATTEN

Director of Environmental Policy,
Center for American Progress

BILL HOLMBERG
Chairman of the Biomass Coordinating Council
American Council on Renewable Energy

Meeting hosted at:
Center for Nonprofit Advancement
1666 K Street NW, Suite 440

(Nearest Metro stations: Farragut North or Farragut West)

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Attend all our Policy Portal Programs!

Stem Cells and the Elections (June 15)
Pinched at the Pump: Can Biofuels Save us from Rising Gas Prices? (June 29)
Civil Liberties in Wartime (July 13)
An Interactive Experience in Biosecurity (July 27)