RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the energy story is fuel prices. Tomorrow it may be a proposed nuclear power plant in your community. The energy story is always changing. Don't let it catch you by surprise. See what's coming, know what to ask and of whom. This short seminar will preview the stories you'll cover next year. Registration for this seminar closes today at 4pm eastern time.
"Covering Energy Issues in the South" will be presented Thursday, Dec. 6, in Richmond, Virginia, by the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and the Foundation for American Communications (FACS), with the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
Aimed at journalists who cover energy, business, the environment and government, this day-long seminar will feature some of the nation's most respected experts on energy.
The seminar will address the future of coal as an energy source and what can be done to reduce the environmental impact of this rich resource; it will provide a look at the world oil supply, when that supply will be depleted, and how it all plays out at the pump.
There will be a searching look at nuclear power plants...not just on what has changed to make them safer or more acceptable to the public, but also positive and negative effects of the proliferation of nuclear bomb material, radioactive waste disposal and other issues involved in nuclear power production in the future. The seminar will conclude with an overview of strategies to address climate change issues.
The faculty includes:
-- Frank L .Parker, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Water Resources, Professor of Engineering Management in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Professor Parker has extensive experience in radioactive and hazardous chemical waste, thermal pollution and water resources engineering.
-- Robert Kaufman, Ph.D., Professor in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University. Professor Kaufmann's research focuses on world oil markets, global climate change, the global carbon cycle and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Dr. Kaufmann is a frequent faculty member for FACS seminars.
-- Rita A. Bajura, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory until 2005, when she retired. As director, she was responsible for implementing research and technology development projects in advanced energy and environmental technologies for coal, natural gas and biomass fueled power operations, carbon sequestration, using coal to produce ultra-clean fuels for the transportation section and reducing emissions form the existing fleet of fossil steam plants.
To register, go to http://www.snpa.org/. The program will be held at the Virginia Press Association headquarters in suburban Glen Ellen, Virginia. A map and directions to the press association building is available at http://www.vpa.net/contact_vpa/directions.htm
FACS is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational institution providing seminars for journalists on complex issues in the news. FACS is a programming partner of SPJ.
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