4-5:00 Today - New Planet Philadelphia: Financial dilemmas and some solutions |
What is the financial picture in light of oil/gas prices and the transition away from fossil fuels? Dilemmas and some solutions today. 
Kathy Hippleis a financial analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA.org) and a finance professor for Bard’s MBA program in Sustainability. She has an MBA in Sustainability. She will talk about a recent report from IEEFA about the long-term economic prospects of oil and gas drilling. Peter Winslow, has worked on a Port Development Plan and on projects for the Department of Defense among others. Peter has talked to us regularly about environmental issues facing Philadelphia city government. He will be discussing the public banking movement, and specifically the movement in the city to establish a public bank for the city. City Council has commissioned a report on this topic.
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