SPEAKERS

V. John White is the Executive Director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT), which he co-founded in 1990. CEERT is a non-profit coalition of the nation's leading public interest environmental groups and businesses working on energy efficiency and renewable technologies. Before founding CEERT, White served as a senior policy consultant for nine years on the staff of the California Assembly. Over the course of his 30-year career, he has been involved in the drafting, negotiation, and passage of landmark air quality and energy legislation and innovative regulatory programs to accelerate improvements in air quality, global warming, and renewable energy sources. These include the California Clean Air Act, the Carl Moyer diesel emission reduction incentive program, the Pavley greenhouse gas emission reduction bill, the renewable portfolio standard, and the California solar initiative.

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