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2011 Previous Luncheon Speakers & Topics:'

December 14, 2011 - Darrell Lacy, Department Director for the Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Product Office (NWRPO) spoke on the Yucca Mountain Project and lternative energy projects in Nye County
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November 9, 2011 - Bob Coyle, Vice President of Republic Services, Inc. spoke on the "Update on the Evergreen Recycling Integration & Potentially the Landfill Gas to Energy Project"

October 12, 2011 - Mindy Unger-Wadkins, Project Manader for Unger Development, spoke on an "Overview of the Three Kids Mine" .
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September 14, 2011 - Scott D. Carter, Redevelopment Officer, City of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency. spoke on, "Symphony Park and Other 'Green' Initiatives within the City of Las Vegas.
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August 10, 2011 - Mike Sword, P.E., CEM, Engineering Manager, Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management (DAQEM) spoke on "Air Quality Updates and New Information for Clark County"

July 13, 2011 - Thomas C. Piechota, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Vice President for Interdicplinary Research Division of Reasearch and Graduate Studies & Office of the Urban Sustainability Initiative at UNLV spoke on "The Office of the Urban Sustainability Initiative"

June 8, 2011 - Doug Drury, Clark County Water Reclamation District spoke on the District's new "Membrane/Ozination Tertiary Treament System".

May 11, 2011 - Ted Hartwell, Program Manager from the Desert Research Institute (DRI) Community Environmental Monitoring Program and Jeff Daniels, Heath Scientist from the DRI, spoke on "Community Environmental Monitoring Program, with Comments on Detection of Radionuclides from the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in Japan".

April 13, 2011 - Tina Quigley, Deputy General Manager
of the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC), spoke on "Transportation, Sustainability, and Air Quality Issues in the Las Vegas Valley".

March 9, 2011 - Dr. Terrance J. Fulp, Deputy Regional Director of the Lower Colorado Region of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spoke on "The Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study"
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February 9, 2011 - David E. James, PhD, PE, from the UNLV,Civil & Environmental Engineering and David Jones, PhD, from UC Davis spoke on "Key Issues: Environment, Dust Measurement and Best Management Practices."
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January 12, 2011 - Jim Prieur, Senior Hydrologist with the Southern Nevada Water Authority spoke on "SNWA's Groundwater Recharge Program."
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