Global Issues in Campaign '08: Energy and the Environment

The confluence of energy and environmental policy issues and Campaign 2008 is explored in this second of a series of public meetings sponsored by CFR.org, the Economist, and NYU's Stern School of Business. Moderated by CFR.org Executive Editor Michael Moran on Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, the discussion and questions from the audience were handled by Vijay Vaitheeswaran of the Economist, by CFR Senior Fellow and Director of Asia Studies Elizabeth Economy, and NYU-Stern's Prof. Mark Tercek, also a managing director of Goldman Sachs Center for Environmental Marketing.

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