TPPF Policy Primer: Energy and the Environment-Economic Growth in the Face of the Challenges of Clean Air and Global Warming

Despite dramatic improvements in air quality in Texas over the last 30 years, ever-tightening “clean air” regulations continue to impose heavy costs on the Texas economy. On the horizon, potential regulation of CO2 could have a much greater impact on Texas’ economic growth, manufacturing, and energy production, despite the mounting body of evidence challenging the effectiveness of such regulations. This event will examine the environmental successes in Texas, the upcoming regulatory challenges we are facing, and what can be done to avoid imposing heavier regulatory costs on Texas businesses and consumers.

November 14th, 2007

Location:
Houston City Club
One City Club Drive
Houston TX 77046

11:00 to 12:30 - Panel Discussion

Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Joel Schwartz, American Enterprise Institute (invited)
Bill Peacock, Texas Public Policy Foundation

12:30 - Luncheon

Remarks: Brooke Rollins, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Keynote Address: Rep. Dennis Bonnen, Chairman of the House Environmental Regulation Committe

Price: $15.00 per person (complimentary for current donors)

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TPPF expert to speak at Heritage Foundation

AUSTIN – Bill Peacock, Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom, will speak at the Heritage Foundation on Thursday, October 18^th.

The Heritage Foundation and Competitive Enterprise Institute will convene experts and political leaders from around the country to discuss America’s fast changing property insurance environment. Particularly in the hurricane zone that stretches from Texas to South Carolina, homeowners have paid ever-higher homeowners’ insurance rates as government-backed insurance entities have grown ever larger.

This conference will focus on ways that the United States can retain a vibrant, private insurance industry that provides rationally priced insurance for everyone without placing an enormous burden on taxpayers. Mr. Peacock will share his research and assessment of the Texas property insurance market, especially related to windstorm coverage.

The conference will take place on Thursday, October 18^th between noon and 3 p.m. CDT. Mr. Peacock will present on the first panel, which is expected to begin around 12:40 p.m. The event will be webcast on the Heritage Foundation’s website, http://www.heritage.org/press/events/index.cfm.

WHAT: “Making Property Insurance More Affordable for Everyone: What Private Companies, State, Local and Federal Governments Should Do”

WHEN: Thursday, October 18, 2007
12:00 – 3:00 p.m. (CDT)

WHERE: The Heritage Foundation – Van Andel Center
214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit, free-market research institute based in Austin.

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