Tribes, Climate Change and Solutions
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Tribal Energy Solutions
to Climate Change Workshop
(Albuquerque, NM - March, 2008)

Workshop participants discuss renewable energy solutions
to climate change in their communities. © NWF, 2008
Agenda
Resources
- Breakout Session Questions
- Global Warming Fact Sheets
Speakers
Presentations
- Margaret Cook, Gila River Indian Community, The Impact of Climate Change to Tribal Governments
- Garrit Voggesser, National Wildlife Federation, Conservation: Limiting the Impacts of Energy Development on Cultural and Environmental Resources
- Ken Lomayestewa, Hopi Tribe, Renewable Energy Projects on the Hopi Reservation
- Bob Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, Interconnection, the Grid, and the Energy-Water Nexus
- Jackie Francke, Geotechnika, Inc. and Sandy McCardell, Current C. Energy Systems, Inc., Sustainable Building
- Carolyn Stewart, Red Mountain Tribal Energy and Thelma Antonio, Pueblo of Laguna, Sustainable Building and Energy Efficiency
- Mike Connolly Miskwish, Campo Kumeyaay Nation, An Example of Getting a Successful Wind Energy Project Up and Running
- Dean Suagee, Hobbs, Strauss, Dean and Walker, Tribal Governments and the Climate Crisis
- Thomas Hand, NativeEnergy, Economic Incentives: Renewable Energy Credits
- Sharon Buccino, Natural Resources Defense Council, Lay of the Land: Initiatives to Increase Renewable Energy
- Jess Sixkiller, Gila River Indian Community, Transmission Capacity: Connecting to the Grid
- Jonny Bearcub Stiffarm, NativeEnergy, Funding: Attracting the Necessary Capital to Renewable Energy Projects
- Tracey LeBeau, Red Mountain Tribal Energy, Lifecycle of a Renewable Energy Project
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