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Nature Conservancy Scientist Warns of Energy Sprawl

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While clean energy technology can revolutionize the nation’s power supply and economy, exactly where that power is developed is key to preventing the problem of energy sprawl. That will be the message presented Wednesday night by Jonathan Hoekstra, Senior Scientist with The Nature Conservancy, as part of the Utah Museum of Natural History’s 2011 Nature of Things Lecture Series.

Nature Conservancy Senior Scientist Jonathan Hoekstra

(KCPW News) While clean energy technology can revolutionize the nation’s power supply and economy, exactly where that power is developed is key to preventing the problem of energy sprawl. That will be the message presented Wednesday night by Jonathan Hoekstra, Senior Scientist with The Nature Conservancy, as part of the Utah Museum of Natural History’s 2011 Nature of Things Lecture Series. The event will take place at the Salt Lake City Main Library Auditorium, and will be broadcast live on 88.3 and 105.3 FM. To preview Wednesday’s event, KCPW’s Jeff Robinson asked Hoekstra to define energy sprawl.

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Wednesday night at 7, Hoekstra will speak on energy sprawl as part of the Utah Museum of Natural History’s 2011 Nature of Things Lecture Series. The event takes place in the auditorium of the Salt Lake City Main Library, and is free and open to the public. It will also be broadcast live on 88.3 and 105.3 FM, NPR Utah, KCPW.


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