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• The cost of reducing our carbon footprint
  Energy economists Peter Schwarz of the University of North Carolina Charlotte and Henry Lee of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government will offer their insight on Al Gore's recent proposal to dramatically reduce our dependence on fossil fuel within the next 10 years.11:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Peter Schwarz: Professor of economics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and senior faculty associate, Global Institute of Energy and Environmental Systems.
  Henry Lee: Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program within the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
  More from MPR
  Bachmann calls for more oil drilling, exploration (07/22/2008)
  University study: Greenhouse gas goals achievable (07/22/2008)
  B99 biodiesel well runs dry in Twin Cities (07/20/2008)
  Utilities try to persuade consumers to conserve (07/18/2008)
  Resources
  About Peter Schwarz
  About Henry Lee
• Lincoln's union
  During this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, Douglas Wilson, co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, discussed Abraham Lincoln's life, writings and desire to keep the country intact.12:00 p.m.
  Guests
  Douglas Wilson: Co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, award-winning author of "Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words."
  More from MPR
  The legacy of Franklin Roosevelt (07/22/2008)
  Theodore Roosevelt's politics (07/18/2008)
  Resources
  Aspen Ideas Festival
  About Douglas Wilson
  Lincoln Studies Center

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