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After a rough night at the ballpark the Clean Cities Coordinators had to be in a morning long meeting.

I didn’t get to be at the meeting for very long. This one was held at the Wyndham Hotel.

This was in a big room.

I mean big since it was set in a square so everyone could see each other.

I was there toward the end and people were taking turns making remarks on different topics.

After a lunch break the first sessions get kicked off back at the Convention Center.

A lot of excitement was generated this morning by the local morning newspaper, The Arizona Republic, which did a huge cover story on the conference. You’ll need to register to see the story.

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I am very impressed with these Clean Cities coordinators.

Even after having started the party at the Diamondbacks game they sat still just long enough for this picture.

These are the people from all over the country who are working hard to make this program work.

We’ll be interacting with them more over the next several days.

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Hi, my name is Lauren Ciemniak and I’m a sophomore at Stevenson High School, who’s interested in journalism. Do you ever talk about alternative fuels in your household? This is a common subject at my dinner table. My mom always talks about E85, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. These dinner conversations made me curious to learn more on alternative fuels.

So here I am in beautiful Phenoix at the National Clean Cities Conference, ready to learn. I am anxious to hear from guest speakers like Senator John McCain and Dr. Robert Hirsch regarding their views on alternative fuels. Many high school students don’t know anything about these options to reduce dependency on foriegn oil. Hopefully after this conference, I will be able to share my knowledge and help the next generation care more about keeping our air clean.

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You maybe read the little bio about who I am, so I am not going to spend a lot of time introducing myself. But just in case you didn’t read it, my name is Peter West, and I am a sophomore Marketing major from Emerson College in Boston. I am spending the week in sunny (when I say sunny, I mean ridiculously hot) Phoenix, Arizona, where I will be working with registration at the Clean Cities conference. During this week, I hope to find out really what is going on in the world of alternative fuels, and why exactly they are such a big deal. The only information which has been directed at today’s youth on the threat of the wasteful society we live in, comes from over exaggerated movies on the end of the world via global warming, or from screaming talk show liberals. The youth of today is tomorrow’s economic powerhouse, and I want to know how alternative fuels can be marketed towards a younger demographic. The technology is out there, the cars are in production, now all that is needed are people willing to trade in their Hummers for more fuel efficient alternatives. It can happen, us kids just need a little information.

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Here’s your blogging crew for the next several days from the Clean Cities Congress.

That’s me on the left, then Lauren, Peter and Kimberly. Actually it’s Lauren and Peter who will begin writing their posts starting tonight or tomorrow.

We’re looking forward to this. I think it will be interesting to see the perspective that these students will bring to our coverage. I hope you enjoy it too.

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Even though it’s Saturday afternoon and the conference doesn’t start until tomorrow, there’s plenty of work going on.

Like these busy people preparing the attendee bags that they’ll get when they register.

Registration will be open starting at 10am tomorrow.

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