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Jim L. Connaughton, Chairman of the Council on Environment Quality will discuss Environmental Policy

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Jim Connaughton Date: Monday, 23 October 2006 Time: 5:45 a.m. EDT (0945 GMT) View Webchat Transcript

Chief Environmental Policy advisor to the President, James L. Connaughton, will discuss U.S. Environmental Policy. Mr. Connaughton has coordinated many initiatives, including the national clean air strategy; healthy forests restoration legislation; the expansion and acceleration of clean-up and redevelopment of abandoned industrial sites known as brownfields; comprehensive climate change strategy; clean technology initiatives; environmental cooperation agreements with our free trade partners; and G-8 action plan and international partnerships for sustainable development. He believes that discussions relating to international environmental policy are crucial for better policies, since environmental issues are pertinent to the entire global community.

Guest Biography:

James L. Connaughton was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 14 and appointed by President Bush on June 18, 2001, to serve as the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). In this capacity, he serves as the senior environmental, energy and natural resources advisor to the President as well as Director of the White House Office of Environmental Policy, which oversees the development of environmental policy, coordinates interagency implementation of environmental programs, and mediates key policy disagreements among Federal agencies, state, tribal and local governments and private citizens.

Mr. Connaughton has extensive experience helping organizations large and small become responsible environmental stewards through effective environmental management and compliance assurance systems. This work has covered the electronics, transportation, consumer products, home improvement, energy management, and mining sectors in North America, Mexico, Venezuela and Asia.