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   from the issue of October 11, 2007

     
 
Forum to examine ethanol

 BY SARA GILLIAM, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

The national debate over ethanol will take centerstage in the Oct. 15 E.N. Thomposn Forum.

 
Durante
 Durante

Hosted by the Lied Center for Performing Arts, the forum - which is also the inaugural Charles and Linda Wilson Dialogue on Domestic Issues - features Douglas Durante and Jerry Taylor, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of ethanol. "Ethanol: Fueling Debate" begins at 7 p.m. Oct. 15.

The dialogue will be moderated by Bill Lambrecht, Washington bureau chief for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Richard Perrin, professor of agricultural economics at UNL, will deliver a pre-lecture talk at 6:30 p.m. in the Steinhart room of the Lied Center.

All Thompson Forum lectures are free and open to the public, but free tickets are required for admittance. Tickets are available at the Lied Center ticket office, 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231, or at the Nebraska Union or Westfield Gateway. Tickets are in high demand. Anyone with tickets to the lecture but who cannot attend, should return the tickets to the Lied Center so others may use them. People without tickets are encouraged to arrive early to the lecture to receive last-minute ticket returns.

Durante has worked in the fields of energy, transportation and the environment since 1977. He was the director of public affairs for the National Alcohol Fuels Commission and served as a special assistant in the Office of Alcohol Fuels at the U.S. Department of Energy. Durante has served on numerous state and federal advisory committees, was chair of the Fuels Subcommittee of the Federal Biomass Advisory Committee and served on the Governors' Ethanol Coalition's Biomass Advisory Committee. He also served on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Fuels Advisory Committee and the Department of Energy's Business Roundtable Advisory Group.

Taylor
 
Taylor

 

Taylor is a widely cited and influential right-of-center critic of federal energy and environmental policy. He has served on numerous congressional advisory bodies and has testified frequently on Capitol Hill regarding various energy and environmental policy matters. He is the author or coauthor of numerous policy studies and has contributed to several anthologies.

Lambrecht is the author of two books, including the acclaimed "Dinner at the New Gene Cafe," which appeared on Amazon.com's Top Ten list for Best Non-Fiction of 2001. He has been on the campaign trail for every presidential election since 1984, covered 12 national political conventions, six presidential inaugurations and dozens of political debates and primary elections. Beyond electoral politics, he has written extensively at the intersection of politics and science on a variety of public policy issues.

The forum will be broadcast live on the UNL Web site (www.unl.edu), Lincoln TimeWarner Cable Channel 21, UNL campus TV Channel 8, NEBSAT 105 and KRNU radio station (90.3 FM). The lecture will also be simulcast to Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff, Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte, Central Community College in Columbus, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Wayne State College, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

For more information, visit http://enthompson.unl.edu.


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