Recognized Leaders in Global Climate Change Debate to Speak April 15 In Madison

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Recognized Leaders in Global Climate Change Debate to Speak April 15 In Madison

Alliant Energy to Host 'Energy Policy and Global Climate Change -- A Path

WISCONSIN, MADISON, Mar. 26 -/E-Wire/-- Alliant Energy (NYSE: LNT) will bring together recognized leaders from corporate, environmental, governmental and academic arenas for a national conference, "Energy Policy and Global Climate Change -- A Path Forward," to be held on Tuesday, April 15 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. * (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020405/LNTLOGO )

"The purpose of this conference is to move beyond the rhetoric and focus on practical steps that will begin to limit the impacts that global climate change is starting to have on our environment," said Erroll B. Davis, Jr., president, chairman and CEO of Alliant Energy. "A wide range of facts and opinions on this important environmental issue will be presented by some of the most well-known researchers and environmental experts who are dedicated to finding potential solutions," he added.

The one-day conference features presentations on the fundamentals of the energy/climate interaction, options for suspending the global climate change experiment, global climate change policy considerations as well as market-based approaches to limiting the growth of global climate change. Representatives from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, General Motors and BP are scheduled to speak as well as Vicky Bailey, assistant secretary for international affairs and domestic policy, U.S. Department of Energy.

The following organizations are co-sponsoring the event: Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Chicago Climate Exchange, Edison Electric Institute, Carnegie Mellon, University of Iowa's Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Wisconsin's Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Electric Power Research Institute and the California Climate Action Registry.

"With ever-increasing pressure on finite natural resources, Alliant Energy has made environmental ethics a core element of our business strategy," Davis explained. "Our company is continually striving to find ways to better link environmental science with sound business strategies to reinforce our commitment to a clean, safe and healthy environment."

For a complete list of speakers, the conference program schedule and to register, log on to www.alliantenergy.com/environmentalconference .

Alliant Energy is an energy-services provider that serves more than three million customers worldwide. Providing its regulated customers in the Midwest with electricity and natural gas service remains the company's primary focus. Other key business platforms include the international energy market and non-regulated domestic generation. Alliant Energy, headquartered in Madison, Wis., is a Fortune 1000 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LNT. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.alliantenergy.com

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