Looking toward our energy future

Steven F. Leer (left), president and CEO of Arch Coal, and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton listen as Maxine L. Savitz, Ph.D., vice president of the National Academy of Engineering and a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, answers a question from the audience at America’s Energy Future, a symposium to discuss the National Research Council’s roadmap for the country’s energy future. The symposium was held Nov. 2 in Simon Hall and was sponsored by the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES). Wrighton delivered the keynote address summarizing the council’s report.