A veritable who's who list of renewable energy and green technology leaders have descended on Washington, D.C. this week for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. The conference, co-sponsored by the U.S. Government and the American Council on Renewable Energy, promises to "address the benefits and costs of a major and rapid scale-up in the global deployment of renewable energy technology." But is WIREC's bark tougher than it's bite? Among the featured speakers are a host of Bush administration heavyweights, eager to display to the world their grasp of weighty renewable energy issues and their ongoing commitment to delivering a clean energy future. However, "grasp" and "commitment" are two words not usually associated with the Bush administration, especially when it comes to renewable energy. I'll combine the ITC with switchgrass to make biofuel.  After the jump, we consider whether someone forgot to invite the Democrats. Administration speakers at WIREC:
  • George W. Bush, President
  • Samuel Bodman, Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
  • David Bohigian, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Gale Buchanan, Under Secretary Research, Education, and Economics, USDA
  • Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  • Thomas Dorr, Chairman, Secretary’s Energy Council and Undersecretary for Rural Development, USDA
  • Douglas Faulkner, Deputy Undersecretary for Rural Development, USDA
  • Steve Johnson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency of the United States (a true climate champion)
  • Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Claudia McMurray, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment and Science, U.S. Department of State
  • Raymond Orbach, Under Secretary, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Mark Rey, Vice Chairman, Secretary’s Energy Council and Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA
  • Boyd Rutherford, Chair, USDA Sustainable Operations Council, Assistant Secretary for Administration, USDA
  • Ed Schafer, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
What, no Andy Karsner?
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