The Regional Economic Development District of Southcentral Pennsylvania is sponsoring a conference on August 23 and 24 in Harrisburg on “Renewable Energy - a Pennsylvania Reality.”

The conference will include information on ethanol, biodiesel and energy derived from animal waste.

Featured speakers will include DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty, Bob Dinneen from the Renewable Fuels Association, representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sen. Mike Waugh (R-York), Majority Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Peter Daley (D-Washington), Minority Chair of the House Agriculture Committee.

For a complete agenda, list of sponsoring organizations and exhibit information, go to the Conference webpage.

7/22/2005