Contact: Rochelle Becker, Executive Director, Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility (858) 337-2703 rochelle@a4nr.org
David Weisman, Outreach Coordinator, Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility (805) 704-1810 davidweisman@charter.net

CALIFORNIA CAN CREATE AN ENERGY FUTURE WITHOUT CARBON OR NUCLEAR POWER…The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility in association with the Empower Poly Coalition presents and evening of presentations and discussion with distinguished authors and energy experts S. David Freeman and Arjun Makhijani.

In his new book, Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How, S. David Freeman’s message is that enough renewable energy is available to us to wean ourselves from foreign oil, coal and nuclear power to create a sustainable future for our planet. Trained as both an engineer and a lawyer, Freeman speaks—with humor and frankness—from half a century of experience working in the energy industry and as a federal energy policymaker, including top positions at the New York Power Authority, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Arjun Makhijani is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Takoma Park, Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley in 1972, specializing in nuclear fusion. A recognized authority on energy issues, Dr. Makhijani is the author and co-author of numerous reports and books on energy and environment related issues. He was the principal author of the first study of the energy efficiency potential of the US economy published in 1971. He is the author of Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy (2007).

California is uniquely posed to become a national—or international—leader in renewable energy. The state hosted many of the innovative technologies that first put astronauts on the moon, and could be the launching pad for a similar Apollo project for sustainable energy.

This event is free to the public. For those interested in having a personal discussion with the authors, a reception featuring light refreshments will be held prior to the Cal Poly event. The reception will be in a private home at 217 Westmont Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 and will take place from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM. Admission to the party is $30. For reservations or more information, contact Rochelle Becker or David Weisman as indicated above.

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