Former environmental advisor to Obama headed to Portland

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Contact: Toby Van Fleet, 503-224-4011, toby@olcv.org
Dan Kammen will speak at OLCV’s Annual Dinner for the Environment

PORTLAND, OR – Renowned energy expert Dan Kammen will be the keynote speaker at the Oregon League of Conservation Voter’s Twelfth Annual Dinner for the Environment on April 24, 2009.

Kammen circled through Oregon last year as an energy and environment advisor for the Obama campaign.  He is a Distinguished Professor of Energy at UC Berkeley and served as a contributing member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He also hosts the Science Channel series 'Ecopolis.'

Kammen was a key player in developing California’s regulations on global warming pollution. OLCV is currently working to pass global warming legislation here in Oregon, including the passage of a bill that would enter Oregon into a regional carbon cap-and-trade system with California and other western states and Canadian provinces.

Last year, OLCV’s Dinner for the Environment brought together nearly 900 conservationists, elected officials, and sustainable business leaders. This year once again promises to draw hundreds, coming together to celebrate and support OLCV’s important electoral and political accountability work.

What: Oregon League of Conservation Voter’s Twelfth Annual Dinner for the Environment

When: Friday, April 24, 2009.  No-host cocktails at 5:30 p.m.; Dinner and program at 7:00 p.m.

Where: The Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Portland

Ticket price: $125 per seat. To buy tickets, contact Molly Kramer at 503-224-4011, or visit www.olcv.org.

Note: Interviews with Dan Kammen can be arranged.

The Oregon League of Conservation Voters works to protect the environment by electing pro-environment candidates to office and holding those officials accountable.

More information:

Toby Van Fleet | Communications Director, OLCV | 503-224-4011 |  toby@olcv.org

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