{"id":45431,"date":"2016-04-27T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/sec-salazar-headlines-energy-environment-summit-this-week-convened-by-hispanic-state-legislators-in-washington-dc\/"},"modified":"2016-04-27T19:42:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T23:42:03","slug":"sec-salazar-encabeza-cumbre-de-energia-medioamiente-esta-semana-convocada-por-legisladores-estatales-hispanos-en-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/sec-salazar-encabeza-cumbre-de-energia-medioamiente-esta-semana-convocada-por-legisladores-estatales-hispanos-en-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Sec. Salazar Headlines Energy &amp; Environment Summit This Week Convened By Hispanic State Legislators In Washington, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;<b>\u00a0Representative \u00c1ngel Cruz<\/b> <b>(PA)<\/b>, President of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), announced the convening of <b>NHCSL&#8217;s 2016 Energy and Environment Summit<\/b>, which will be held this <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday, April 28<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, April 29, 2016<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, DC<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0 Latino state legislators from across the country will gather to focus on key energy and environmental priorities and the role Latinos will play in shaping those policies during the 2016 elections and beyond. <\/p>\n<p>The keynote speaker for the Summit, former Interior <b>Secretary <span class=\"xn-person\">Ken Salazar<\/span><\/b>, will address participants on Friday at <span class=\"xn-chron\">9am<\/span>. In addition, <b>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Otto Schwake<\/span><\/b> of Virginia Tech University will give remarks on Clean Water on Thursday at <span class=\"xn-chron\">3pm<\/span>. Dr. Shwake is a key member of the team of researchers who conducted the Flint Water Study in the aftermath of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.\u00a0 Summit attendees will also hear from a diversity of expert panelists, including: <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Janet McCabe<\/span><\/b> of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Lola Infante<\/span><\/b> of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Sam Jamal<\/span><\/b> of Solar City, <b>Mark Maga\u00f1a<\/b> of Green Latinos, among other industry and advocacy representatives. <\/p>\n<p>Summit participants will engage in a wide ranging discussion on energy and environmental issues ranging from the EPA&#8217;s Clean Power Plan and the interrelation between energy and Clean Water Act to Weighing the Costs of Energy Diversity, the Grid, and Consumer Protection and Innovation and the Workforce, and other relevant topics.<\/p>\n<p><b>NHCSL&#8217;s 2016<\/b> <b>Energy and Environment Summit<\/b> will be held at the <b>Capital Hilton Hotel, <\/b>located at<b> 1001 16th St NW, <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, DC<\/span> 20036<\/b>.\u00a0 This program will be open to the press.\u00a0 Please contact us directly for more details on the Summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>The NHCSL is the premier national association of Hispanic state legislators working to design and implement policies and procedures that will improve the quality of life for Hispanics throughout the country.\u00a0 NHCSL was founded in 1989 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)3 with the mission to be the most effective voice for the more than 390 Hispanic legislators.\u00a0 For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhcsl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.nhcsl.org<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;<b>\u00a0Representative \u00c1ngel Cruz<\/b> <b>(PA)<\/b>, President of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), announced the convening of <b>NHCSL&#8217;s 2016 Energy and Environment Summit<\/b>, which will be held this <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday, April 28<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, April 29, 2016<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, DC<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0 Latino state legislators from across the country will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}