The Confederation of Indian Industries, with support from US-AEP/Chennai, USAID, and Hagler Bailly, held a workshop in Chennai to promote climate friendly projects development between U.S. and Indian businesses. The workshop was part of the Indo-U.S. Business Dialogue, a series of events initiated by Dr. Karl Hausker and Ms. Katie McGinty to promote awareness of global climate change issues among U.S. and Indian businesses. Dr. Hausker and Ms. McGinty are senior visiting fellows at the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) in India.

The September 27-28 workshop in Chennai drew representatives from more than 25 major industries. Dr. Hausker made the opening introduction to the workshop, which included presentations by four companies on specific proposals for climate friendly projects.

The Indo-U.S. Business Dialogue has sponsored previous events in India and the U.S. to forward their goals: sharing views and experiences on mitigating global climate change, demonstrating the economic and environmental opportunities available through energy efficiency, and forging partnerships among U.S. and Indian business leaders interested in climate friendly initiatives.

Dr. Y.R. Chen, secretary-general of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration, participated in a two-week environmental fellowship in the U.S. through US-AEP�s Environmental Exchange Program (EEP), September 5-18. The fellowship was designed to provide Dr. Chen with U.S. perspectives on environmental crisis and risk management, specifically how the U.S. government, private sector, and public work together to ensure effective public participation on environmental decisions.

The first week of meetings was held in Washington, DC, with government and private sector representatives, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The second week was spent in New York State, where Dr. Chen visited Love Canal and the surrounding neighborhood in Niagara Falls to examine how hazardous waste sites are handled in Western New York. While there, he also met with government and private sector representatives, as well as former Love Canal residents.

Dr. Chen will use the knowledge gained from the fellowship to help address the problem of Taiwan�s increasing number of hazardous waste sites, and the rise in public pressure on the government to clean up the sites. [EEP is administered by the Institute of International Education.]

Following are a few of the sales, facilitated by US-AEP Technology Representatives, that have been confirmed over the last three months: In Malaysia: Hydrocal of California sold a $36,000 wastewater treatment system to QT Environmental of Selangor. In the Philippines: Filtration Treatment Systems Ltd. of Seattle, Washington, signed an agent-distributor agreement with World-Chem Marketing of Quezon City. In Korea: Sanitaire Corporation of Wisconsin sold two orders of wastewater treatment technology, worth $320,000, to Serim Envitech Corporation of Seoul. And in Indonesia: Montgomery Watson of California was awarded a consulting contract on a World Bank project worth $850,000.

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US-AEP is pleased to announce the addition of Nao Ikemoto to the Policy Group staff. Nao started as an intern in June, and was hired as a policy associate in October. She worked previously with the International Finance Corporation and World Resources Institute conducting energy-related research. Nao has a master�s degree in public policy and environmental management from Duke University, as well as a master�s degree in international affairs from Ohio University. We welcome Nao to the US-AEP team. She can be reached at 202-835-0333, ex. 113, and nikemoto@usaep.org.