WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Oct. 26, 2009 -- Jeremy Firestone, assistant professor at the University of Delaware, will deliver a lecture titled, "Offshore Wind Power: Visions, Vistas and Outlook." The talk is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Griffin Hall, room 6, on the Williams College campus.

The lecture is one in a series of talks highlighting activities around the International Day of Climate sponsored by the environmental studies department at Williams.

Firestone's research involves the study of international and domestic ocean policy, coastal and environmental law, fish and wildlife conservation and management, and offshore renewable energy policy and governance.

He is the author of the journal articles Public Opinion about Large Offshore Wind Power: Underlying Factors and co-author of Biodiversity, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide.

Firestone was formerly assistant attorney general in Michigan and as the acting supervisor for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

He received his B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1980, his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1986, and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000. He has taught at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He is a member of the Society of Marine Mammalogy, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and the American Society of International Law.

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Event: Allan Gonzalez