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The Environmental Consequences of Energy Use:
Policies for Progress

September 10-15, 2006
Elkhorn Ranch, Big Sky, Montana

AGENDA

Sunday, September 10
2:00-5:00 pm
Registration & Refreshments

5:30-6:30 pm
Welcome
John A. Baden
FREE

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Monday, September 11
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session I - National Energy Policies: A Selective Review of Priorities and Impacts
Scott Montgomery
Independent Scholar

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session II - The Ghost of Protectionism Past: Why Americans Believe in Peak Oil, the Oil Weapon, and Energy Dependence
Roger Stern
Johns Hopkins University
Marine Studies Consortium

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch - Dining Room

1:00-2:30 pm
Session III - The Need for Nuclear Power
Denis Beller
UNLV

2:30-3:00 pm
Break

3:00-4:30 pm
Session IV - Terrestrial Energy: A New Look at Nuclear Power
William Tucker
Independent Journalist

4:30-6:00 pm
Free Time

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:30 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Tuesday, September 12
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session V - Is There a Basis for Global Warming Alarm?
Richard Lindzen
MIT

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session VI - Federal Regulation of Natural Gas: An Unnatural Disaster
William Tucker
Independent Journalist

12:00-6:00 pm
Free Time
(Sack Lunches Provided)

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Wednesday, September 13
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session VII - Energy and Environment
Lester Lave
Carnegie Mellon University

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session VIII - Oil Market Power and US National Security
Roger Stern
Johns Hopkins University
Marine Studies Consortium

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch - Dining Room

1:00-2:30 pm
Session IX - Atomic Time Machines: Back to the Nuclear Future
Denis Beller
UNLV

2:30-3:00 pm
Break

3:00-4:30 pm
Session X - Property Rights and Market Incentives for Environmental Programs
Lester Lave
Carnegie Mellon University

4:30-6:00 pm
Free Time

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Thursday, September 14
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session XI - Oil and ANWR: One Question, Many Issues
Scott Montgomery
Independent Scholar

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session XII - Some Topics in Environmental Policy
Lester Lave
Carnegie Mellon University

12:00-6:00 pm
Free Time
(Sack Lunches Provided)

6:00-7:00 pm
Cocktails
Session XIII - Participant Evaluation
John A. Baden
FREE

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Friday, September 15
7:00-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

As Necessary
Shuttle to Airport