Transportation and Climate Change:
Promoting Sustainable Growth and Prosperity
Cosponsored with The Rockefeller Foundation and Brookings Institution
Panelists:
George W. Bilicic, Jr., Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Chris Coleman, Mayor, City of Saint Paul
Tom Darden, CEO, Cherokee Investment Partners
Senator Slade Gorton, Former Senator, State of Washington
Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
U.S. Representative John L. Mica (R- FL), Ranking Republican Leader on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Moderator: Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Summary: This panel, moderated by News Hour correspondent Ray Suarez, considers the nexus between transportation, environmental impacts, and energy needs. Because of the rise in oil prices and concern over global climate change, transportation is now a part of the national political discourse in a more central way than ever before and has been taken up by both parties at their national conventions. For further highlights on this panel, read the live blog.
