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Hopeful Future: Alternative Energy and Transportation

September 17, 2006

Roger Saillant CEO, PlugPower

Roger Saillant, CEO of PlugPower, discusses the reasons to be hopeful about the future of alternative energy and transportation. Alongside the doubling of green energy sales, US cities and states are leading the way on reducing greenhouse gases and investing in green power to help heal ailing economies. Bold action can take place on a local level with educational initiatives, but has a place at the global scale too.

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Topics: Business & Economics | Science & Nature

Tags: Economics | Energy & Conservation | Environment | Sustainability | Transportation

Presented by WGBH and Museum of Science, Boston:

Museum of Science, Boston

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Angela Glover Blackwell

Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink, addresses the Atlanta Neighborhood Summit. The Neighborhood Summit is a new, day-long event aimed at bringing together neighbors from across the region to discuss issues of mutual interest.

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Paul Kirshen examines the threat of rising sea levels brought about by climate change, and discusses how serious the threat is.

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Randi Rotjan, a coral ecologist at the New England Aquarium in Boston, shares stories from her time spent studying coral reefs.

SuperFreakonomics

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