Program Description: The Law & Economics Center through LEC Initiative for Energy and the Environment hosted a public policy conference on “Old Fuels, New Technologies, and Market Dynamics,” which examined the dynamics between environmental issues and the energy market. Panels addressed clean coal technology, carbon sequestration, the future direction of the oil and gas industry, and the regulation of hydraulic fracturing. Keynote speakers included Frank Wolak of Stanford University who discussed, “The Role of Fossil Fuels in the Global Energy Future” and Attorney General Tim Fox of Montana who gave the luncheon address where he discussed federal energy regulation and obstacles to natural resource development.
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Agenda
Keynote Address: “The Role of Fossil Fuels in the Global Energy Future”
Frank A. Wolak, Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies and Director, Program on Energy & Sustainable Development, Stanford University
Life after The War on Coal: Clean Coal Technology, Carbon Sequestration, and Exportation of Coal
Paul Bailey, Senior Vice President for Federal Affairs and Policy, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
Jacob A. Williams, Vice President, Global Energy Analytics, Peabody Energy
Felice Stadler, Senior Director, Climate & Energy Program, National Wildlife Federation
Moderator: Richard O. Faulk, Senior Director, Energy & the Environment, Law & Economics Center
Hydraulic Fracturing: Oil and Gas Industry Dynamics
Christopher A. Wright, CEO, Liberty Resources LLC, Denver
Erica Bowman, Vice President of Research and Policy Analysis & Chief Economist, American Natural Gal Alliance (ANGA)
John A. Arrell, Jr., Manager, Market Development and New Products, ATK Defense Group, Missile Products Division
Moderator: Henry N. Butler, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law and Executive Director, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University School of Law
Hot Air and the Empty Chair
The Honorable Timothy C. Fox, Attorney General of Montana
Who Should Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing?
Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor, Columbia Law School
Michael L. Krancer, Partner, Blank and Rome, LLP
Sharon Buccino, Director, Land and Wildlife Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
Moderator: Richard O. Faulk, Senior Director, Initiative for Energy and the Environment, Law & Economics Center
Roundtable Discussion: Collateral Damage in the War on Carbon
JOBS AND THE ECONOMY? FREE TRADE? FEDERALISM? THE RULE OF LAW? PUBLIC HEALTH: WEALTHIER IS HEALITHIER? OWNERS OF NATURAL RESOURCES? NATIVE AMERICANS? WORLD PEACE? THE ENVIRONMENT?
The Honorable E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General of Oklahoma
Dava K. Kaitala, Senior General Attorney, BNSF
Shawn Regan, Research Fellow, PERC – The Property and Environment Research Center
Nathan D. Richardson, Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future
Frank A. Wolak, Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies and Director, Program on Energy & Sustainable Development, Stanford University
Moderator: Henry N. Butler, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law and Executive Director, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University School of Law
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