Cities and America's Place in the Renewable Economy

Speaker: Prof. Joan Fitzgerald, Northeastern University; Director, Law, Policy and Society Program. Abstract: In the absence of national renewable energy industry policy, many U.S. cities have implemented policies and programs to promote renewable energy. Cities that have tried to create renewable manufacturing have met with mixed success. Some of the difference can be explained by policy and some by past rounds of economic development. Yet even with several new Obama administration renewable energy supports in place, America's position continues to slip. What will it take to get us back on track?