Obama Energy Director Browner, Chairman Markey, Denver Mayor Among Experts to Discuss Green Future for U.S. Cities, on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, From 8:30 - 10:00 A.M., at Washington's National Press Club

Carol Browner, Chairmen Ed Markey and Bart Gordon, Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, Denver Mayor Hickenlooper on Getting Cities to Go Green

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by U.S. News & World Report:

EVENT TOPIC: "Going Green: America's Cities and the Role of Government"

DESCRIPTION: U.S. News & World Report's National Issues Briefing, "Going Green: America's Cities and the Role of Government," will evaluate the current relationship between federal, state and local governments over issues in sustainable development and energy efficiency.  The Briefing will consider how the federal government, through stimulus funds and other efforts, is helping states and cities adopt green initiatives and technologies, and examine how cities, working with federal agencies, can better convert old-line industries into advanced-energy businesses, encourage green construction and better allocate goods and services that will strengthen prospects for a more sustainable society.  The Briefing will also address how governments at all levels can reduce impediments to free market, or private efforts to create green buildings and increase energy efficiency.

WELCOME: Daryl D. Dulaney, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Industry, Inc.

MODERATOR: Brian Kelly, Editor, U.S. News & World Report

KEYNOTE:  Carol Browner, Director, Office of Energy and Climate Policy, The White House

PANEL: Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (Energy & Commerce)

Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN), Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology

Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Member, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

Mayor John W. Hickenlooper, City of Denver, Colorado

Dan W. Reicher, Director, Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google.org

DATE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010

TIME: 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (Keynote Conversation with Carol Browner at 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.; Panel discussion at 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.; Q&A opportunity; open to media with RSVP; complimentary breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m.)

PLACE: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W. (13th Floor, Ballroom), Washington, D.C. 20045

RSVP:  James Long, 212.577.2584 (office); 917.957.4610 (cell); [email protected] (preferred email)

SOURCE U.S. News & World Report