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Dr. William Halal

Dr. Halal is Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and Innovation at George Washington University. An authority on emerging technology, strategic planning, and institutional change, Dr. Halal has worked with AT&T, the Department of Defense, the Asian Development Bank, and various government agencies. His work has appeared in journals such as Nature BioTechnology and Strategy & Business, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, Executive Excellence, and The Futurist.

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G. Tracy Mehan III is Principal with The Cadmus Group, an environmental consulting firm, with offices in Arlington, VA.

Mr. Mehan served as Assistant Administrator for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2001-2003 pursuant to presidential nomination and senate confirmation. In that capacity he directed both the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts programs including permitting, infrastructure finance, wetlands regulation, standards and watershed management. During his tenure as Assistant Administrator, Mr. Mehan developed new policies and guidances on watershed-based permitting and water quality trading. He also promoted expanded ambient water quality monitoring and innovative approaches to meeting the challenge of the infrastructure financing gap. He served as Environmental Stewardship Counselor to the 2004 G-8 Summit Planning Organization (2004).

He is the recipient of the 2004 Environment Award from the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) and the 2003 Elizabeth Jester Fellows Environmental Partnership Award from the Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASWIPCA).

In our wide-ranging SCIENCE AND SOCIETY interview, Mr. Mehan discusses

• The biggest threats to water quality, both in the U.S. and globally
• How to improve existing approaches to water management
• How existing laws and policies play into water management concerns
• What can citizens do to help?
• What is symphonic watershed management?

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David De Rothschild is the author of THE LIVE EARTH GLOBAL WARMING SURVIVAL HANDBOOK: 77 Essential Skills to Stop Climate Change, the 160-page official companion volume to Live Earth, held on 7-7-07.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore was the Chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection and Partner of Live Earth.

David De Rothschild is the founder of Sculpt the Future, a non-profit environmental foundation. He was recently voted a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum and an “Emerging Explorer” for National Geographic’s class of 2007.

Mr. Rothschild discusses

• What people can do to impact climate change
• Calculating your carbon footprint
• Greening your ride and greening your home
• Solar power for homes
• Congestion pricing for cities, e.g., London

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In the summer of 2003, Terry Tamminen helped Arnold Schwarzenegger win the historic recall election and become Governor of California. He became Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency in November 2003 and was promoted to Cabinet Secretary, Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor, in December 2004.

During his tenure with Governor Schwarzenegger, Mr. Tamminen helped launch some of the most progressive, successful, and laudable sustainable energy initiatives in the country. The environmental changes he implemented have left California a cleaner, healthier state with a cutting-edge reputation for policies that work for the good of the land and its citizens.

In August 2006, Mr. Tamminen left the Schwarzenegger administration to focus on Lives Per Gallon. Lives Per Gallon is an unblinking assessment of the true price of petroleum and a prescription for change. Will we continue paying with our health or kick our addiction and evolve beyond an oil-dependent economy?

In our wide-ranging interview, Mr. Tamminen discusses

• Health, environmental, and national security costs hidden in every barrel of oil
• How to hold oil and auto companies accountable and force industry reform
• A blueprint for developing alternative energy sources based on California’s real-world experiences
• California initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases – landmark global warming law that made California the first U.S. state to mandate a cut in greenhouse gas emissions, equal to 25% by 2020

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