{"id":4819,"date":"2009-08-17T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/08\/energy-secretary-to-headline-conference-at-nmsu\/"},"modified":"2009-08-22T15:22:40","modified_gmt":"2009-08-22T21:22:40","slug":"energy-secretary-to-headline-conference-at-nmsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/08\/energy-secretary-to-headline-conference-at-nmsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy secretary to headline conference at NMSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SooFhuky4JI\/AAAAAAAAMGs\/r1Na-P2Z_58\/s1600-h\/Chu,+Steven.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SooFhuky4JI\/AAAAAAAAMGs\/r1Na-P2Z_58\/s200\/Chu,+Steven.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371111582588919954\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">U.S. Energy Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.gov\/organization\/dr_steven_chu.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Chu<\/a> will be the keynote speaker later this month at New Mexico State University\u2019s \u201cRe-Energize America\u201d conference on moving toward a clean-energy economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Chu\u2019s scheduled Aug. 31 speech was announced in a news release from U.S. Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/teague.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Teague<\/a>, D-N.M., who is honorary chairman of the conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cHaving Secretary Chu join us in Las Cruces for this important conference clearly shows that this administration sees New Mexico as a key player in our nation\u2019s energy future,\u201d Teague said in the release. \u201cNew Mexico\u2019s unique combination of traditional source reserves and the right climate and geography for capitalizing on emerging renewable technologies has positioned us as a true energy leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The two-day conference is designed to give participants opportunities to discuss how they can start or grow their own energy ventures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">They\u2019ll have opportunities to hear from industry experts in \u201crenewable technologies, markets and policies, the energy water nexus and challenges, energy and agriculture, algal biofuels and biomass, solar and wind research, storage and land use, micro-grid and smart-grid systems, natural gas, nuclear power, and many other possibilities to sustain America\u2019s energy needs,\u201d the release states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For more information on the conference and to register, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/energize.nmsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/energize.nmsu.edu\/<\/a> or call Brenda Dunn at (575) 646-2575 or Aggie Saltman at (575) 646-9323.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be the keynote speaker later this month at New Mexico State University\u2019s \u201cRe-Energize America\u201d conference on moving toward a clean-energy economy. Chu\u2019s scheduled Aug. 31 speech was announced in a news release from U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., who is honorary chairman of the conference. \u201cHaving Secretary Chu join [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}