Energy Symposium

On Friday morning I attended the USD Energy Symposium and heard the Keynote speaker, Jody Freeman speak. Jody Freeman is currently a Professor of Law at Harvard University and is the former White House Counselor for Energy and Climate change. She spoke about how there are different sort of methods of creating energy laws and policies that can work together in order to create the biggest impact. Cap and Trade has been one of the major energy policies in affect in the United States currently. Dr. Freeman spoke about how other types of policies, both in the from of new taxes and incentives, can work together in order to further progress in sustainability. Here is a link to the Obama Administration's site on energy.