# NCEL	2015	National	Issues	Forum

– Draft	Agend a

Cedarbrook	Lodg e ! 

## Seattle,	Washington

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### Friday,	July	31

9:30

- 12:30	P M Green	Schools	Pre

- Session Summit Auditori um

U.S.	Green	Building	Council

12 :00

- 1:00	PM Conference	Registration	Open

1:00

- 1:15 PM Welcome	and	Introductions The	Cedars	Room

1:15

- 2:15 PM Plenary	Session

— Clean	Power	Plan Update The	Cedars	Room

Representative	from	the	U.S. EPA

2:15

- 3:30 PM Plenary	Panel

— State	Options	for	C arbon	Reductions The	Cedars	Room

• Modular and	regional state	options:	RAP

• Carbon	Pricing

3:30

- 3:45	PM Break

3:45

- 4:45 PM Regional	Breakout Sessions

• Great	lakes/ MS	River

- Nutrient	P ollution	( S ummit	Auditorium )

• Coastal	States

- Coastal	Flooding	(Cedars)

• Western	States

- Public	Lands ( TBD)

4:50

- 5:50 PM Plenary	Session

- State Chemical	Policy post

- TSCA	Reform The	Cedars	Room

Laurie	Valeriano,	Washington	Toxics	Coalition

5:50

- 6 :30 PM Reception Evergreen	Lawn

6:30

- 8:00 PM Dinner	and	Keynote	Address Tamarack	Hall

NCEL	Board	Chair	Pricey	Harrison	and	Rachel	Gutter,	USGBC

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### Saturda y,	August	1

7:0 0

- 8:	30 AM B reakfast available	in	Tamarack	Hall

8:3 0

- 9:3 0 AM Plenary	Session

- Building	a	new consensus	on climate The	Cedars	Room

Mitch	Hescox ,	Evangelical	Environmental	Network

9:3 0

- 10:3 0	AM Plenary	Panel

- Environmental	Justice The	Cedars	Room

Jacqui	Patterson, NAACP

10:3 0

- 10:4 5 PM Break

10:4 5

- 11:4 5	AM Issue	Breakout	Sessions

1) Water	Scarcity The	Cedars	Room

2) Aquatic	Invasive	Species Summit	Auditorium

11:50

– 12:55 PM Lunch	and Plenary	Panel : Privat e	Sector	Leadership	on	Sustainability The	Cedars

12:55	PM Break	and	room	rearrangementNational	Caucus	of	Environmental	Legislators

1:15

– 2:15 PM Regional	Breakout	Sessions Cedars	& Summit

• West	Coast	and	mountains

– Regional	Climate	Plans

• Great	Lakes	and	MS	River

- P ollinators

• East	Coast

- Ocean	Acidification

2:15

– 3:15 PM Breakout	Sessions

1) Chemical	Policy

– Disclosure ( Cedars	1 )

2) Inte rnational	Trade	Agreements	and

E nvironmental Polic (Cedars	2) 3) Clean	Energy

– Integrated	Resource	Planning

( Cedars	3)

4) Industrial Hemp ( Summit	Auditorium)

3 : 15

- 3:30 PM Break

3:30

- 4:25 PM Breakout	Sessions

1) Chemical	Policy

– Incentives	to	promote	green

chemistry	in	the	market ( Cedars	1 )

2) Conservation

- Wetland	Restoration (Cedars	2) 3) Clean	Energy

- Electric	Vehicles ( Cedars	3)

4) Hydraulic	Fracturing	Safe ty ( Summit)

4:30

- 5:30	PM Breakout	Sessions

1) Chemical	Policy

- Green	Procurement ( Cedars	1 )

2) Conservation

- Land	Fragmentation ( Cedars	2 ) 3) New	Technologies	in

Energy	Efficiency (Cedars	3)

5) Recycling

– E xtended Producer Responsibility

( Summit )

6:00	PM Depart	for	Reception

7:00

- 9:00	PM Dinner	/ Reception Pike	Brewing	Co.

Seattle	Mayor	Ed	Murray

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### Sunday,	August 2

7:00

– 8:00 AM BREAKFAST The	Cedars	Room

8:00

– 8:55 AM Plenary	Session

- Living	B uildings The	Cedars	Room

Sustainability	in	the	Built	Environment

9:00

- 10:00 AM Breakout	Panel: Oil Train	Safety The	Cedars	Room

Breakout	Panel:	Banning	Endangered	Species	Products Summit	Auditorium

10:00

- 10:1 5 AM BREAK

10:1 5

- 11:1 5 AM Break out: Clean	Energy

- Successes	and	Setbacks	in	RPS

Policies	( Cedars	3 )

T

he	Cedar Room

Breakou t :	Microbeads Summit	Auditorium

11:1 5

- 11:45 AM State	Breakouts

- Priorities	for	the	coming	year

1 1:45	AM

- 12:15 PM Large	Group

- NCSL Preview,	wrap	up	and evaluation T he	Cedars	Room

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