In the News

February 2010: Roger Ballentine and William Nitze both presided over a Forum Discussion entitled "What does Copenhagen Mean for Business?" organized by the Council on Foreign Relations. Read Roger Ballentine opinion piece on the COP15 Summit agreement: "The Copenhagen Accord - and Beyond"

January 2010: Roger Ballentine made a Keynote address at the Solar Power Generation USA Networking Conference in Las Vegas on January 20-21.

November 2009: Roger Ballentine is the Keynote Speaker and Moderator of a CSA-sponsored Forum on the "Business of Carbon Performance" organized at the Canadian Embassy on November 18th.

November 2009: Roger Ballentine at the ACORE Phase II Renewable Energy Forum, Cannon Office Building, in Washington DC, talks on a panel entitled "Framing National Policy - Market, Industry, Labor and Finance Perspectives Session."

October 2009: Roger Ballentine speaks at the GMA Conference "The Sustainability Advantage: Cost Savings and Value Added through Environmentally Sustainable Practices, Products and Partnerships" in Dallas, TX (October 5th).

July 2009: Roger Ballentine is the Keynote Speaker for "America's Green Initiatives" (July 27-July 31), a program organized by the U.S. State Department to discuss how the U.S. environmental and energy policies as well as environmental business practices have evolved over the years.

May 2009: Roger Ballentine invited to give a speech during the two-day ARC China Conference held on May 27th in Geneva, Switzerland and on May 28th in Zurich Switzerland on sustainability trends in China.

Roger participates in the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) (May 4-7, Houston, TX) and shares his thoughts during the Panel on meeting the energy challenge; Improving communication among consumers, academia, NGOs, oil companies and government.

March 2009: Roger Ballentine gives the Keynote Address at the Algae Biofuels World Forum (March 23-25, San Francisco) to discuss how to build a new algae biofuels industry.

February 2009: RenewableEnergyWorld.com, "China Offers Tips on Using Energy More Efficiently"

January 2009: Roger Ballentine serves as a member of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) International Advisory Council

December 2008: Green Biz "Turning Wasted Heat Into Dollars" By Hilde Ferrera

November 2008: The New York Times, Business & Green: "Energy Thinkers Ponders the Future"

September 2008: Roger Ballentine exclusive interview with CleanTech: "Advocating energy efficiency thrust"

September 2008: China Energy Recovery Announces that addition of Former Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task and Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental Initiative under President Clinton to the Company Boards of Directors.

July 2008: Perillon Software Inc. Roger Ballentine joins the Board of Directors

February 2008: Roger Ballentine delivers keynote address for JPMorgan’s Emerging Markets, Foreign Exchange and Commodities Research Groups at the Annual Global Currency and Commodities Symposium in Miami, FL.

June 30, 2008: Roger Ballentine comments on advantages of sugarcane ethanol amid corn controversies

March 2008: Roger Ballentine quoted in Voice of America at WIREC Conference 2008, Washington DC

November 2007: For the fourth consecutive year, Roger Ballentine will Co-chair at American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) Renewable Energy in America National Policy Conference on Capitol Hill on November 29, 2007.

October 2007: Roger Ballentine delivers keynote address at Wall Street energy summit . Power Asset Acquisition & Divestiture Summit, New York, NY.
Roger delivered the keynote address on how climate change and related policy developments are fundamentally changing the nature of the power sector.

September 2007: Roger Ballentine delivers keynote address an groundbreaking Orange County (FL) Climate Change Summit. Joining Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Roger delivered the keynote address on the rapidly changing business and political "climate of climate".

September 2007: PPI event "Cap-And-Trade 101: Using Markets to Fight Climate Change"

(September 2007) Roger Ballentine elected to serve on Environmental Power Corporation’s Board of Directors (AMEX:EPG). Environmental Power is a leading developer of renewable energy solutions utilizing bio-digester technology.

June 2007: Roger Ballentine delivers closing address at Conference Board Landmark business sustainability summit in Washington, D.C. - "Sustainability 2.0: Wal-Mart Stores and the Next Generation of Progress" Wal-Mart May Be World Savior and Sell More, Too - Crosslands Bulletin

May 11, 2007: Roger Ballentine comments on cap and trade What’s the best approach to limiting carbon emissions, cap and trade or a carbon tax?

April 2007: oger Ballentine named Visiting Professor at The Harvard Law School for winter term, 2008. Professor Ballentine will teach "The Law of Climate Change".

February 2007: Media coverage of Green Strategies Role in the record setting KKR/TPG buyout of TXU