Program: “Changing World, Changing Energy Landscape: Middle East and the United States”
Guest Speaker: J. Winston Porter, President, Environmental Strategies
Date: September 14, 2011
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Global demand for energy is expected to increase by 36% between now and 2035. In 2011,
both energy prices and revolutions in the Middle East have been on the rise. What are the
environmental and economic consequences of U.S. dependency on foreign oil? What are
possible scenarios for the future? Dr. Winston Porter will offer environmental perspectives
Dr. J. Winston Porter is president of Environmental Strategies in Leesburg, Virginia, a private
research and consulting organization that deals with environmental management and policy issues
related to both governmental and business organizations.
From 1985 to 1989, Dr. Porter was the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency
Response at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As such, he was the national
program manager for the Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act programs.
Among his many accomplishments at the EPA was the establishment of a national goal for
recycling 25% of the country's municipal solid wastes, which was achieved in 1995.
Earlier, Dr. Porter was with the environmental department of Bechtel engineering and construction
organization, and later directed the $20 billion Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia. He also served
as a vice-president of several Bechtel affiliates in the Middle East.
Schools interested in participating in this FREE current events program, via distance learning,
should contact John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by September
9th.
