AEA Technology and Project Performance Corporation Launch Global Sustainability Webinar Series With Specialized News Publisher BNA: 10-Part Series Begins March 3

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AEA Technology, the principal environmental consultancy to the government of the United Kingdom, and the U.S.-based specialized news and information publisher BNA announced today that they will collaborate on a 10-part webinar series in 2010. The series will spotlight for U.S. audiences some of the climate change mitigation tactics that have already proven effective in the United Kingdom and across Europe.

(Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090105/56509LOGO )

The webinars will feature a combination of high-level government and private-sector officials from the U.S., Europe, and other countries. The purpose of this critical information exchange will be to assess whether solutions proven successful in Europe can and should be applied to emissions control and clean energy objectives in the U.S.

AEA has announced the first three webinar topics:

• The Flow of Clean Technology Investment Dollars: Following the Money (scheduled for March 3, 2010, 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern)
• The Future of Carbon Regulation in the United States
• Forging Bi-partisan Consensus to Reach Sustainable Solutions

"The current Administration's public commitment to addressing climate change in a difficult economic time will require creative decision-making," says Robert Bell, Chief Technical Officer for AEA. "Taking the lessons learned from successful European programs and incorporating them into the U.S. approach is one way to achieve results without starting over."

Working with AEA and BNA to produce the series is Marianne Horinko, President of The Horinko Group and a former EPA Assistant Administrator. Horinko's group is helping shape the group of 10 seminars on sustainability and climate change.

"The U.S. market is hungry for this kind of information right now," said Kevin Fetherston, the managing editor for reference services in BNA's Environment, Health & Safety Division, who is responsible for the webinar series. "We're delighted to collaborate on this series with the EU's leading climate change firm and The Horinko Group, a major player in the search for environmental solutions, to provide attendees with high-level speakers and solid, tactical information they can put to use right away."

AEA is a leading energy and climate change consultancy, delivering visionary, integrated environmental solutions worldwide. AEA acquired Project Performance Corporation (PPC), a $60 million Washington, D.C.-based government consulting firm in 2009. PPC is also contributing to the series through expert speakers and presenters. Visit them online at www.aeat.co.uk and www.ppc.com.

BNA is the leading independent publisher of print and electronic news and information for professionals in business and government, producing more than 300 news services, including the highly respected Daily Environment Report, International Environment Reporter, and Daily Report for Executives. Visit BNA online at www.bna.com.

On the web, please bookmark this site for detailed information on the webinars as it becomes available: http://ehsstore.bna.com/FutureAudio.aspx

SOURCE BNA