and epa administrator carol browner's remarks on energy policy. colorado governor john hickenlooper says his state has been unable to find a single instance of contaminated groundwater from fracking. this is about 30 minutes. >> it is not a great honor for me to introduce governor john hickenlooper of colorado. he ran for denver mayor in 2003. he was elected governor of colorado in 2010 and began his first term in january of 2011. prior to becoming mayor, he was one of the founders of colorado's very first brew pubs. he was named one of the five greatest big city mayors by time magazine. [applause] >> i should have gone the other way. >> good afternoon. my goal is to speak briefly and create a framework, a context for the discussion today. i will leave as much time as possible for questions and answers. i might tell one or two jokes. my son is about to turn 10. this is his first joke as someone in a family who cares about public service. he came up and asked why do farts smell? we were shocked and expressed disbelief. he said it was a public servi

but many i spoke with carol browner or with, once with valerie jarrett and i was all about the nuclear loan guarantee program spent you guys are also involved with the brightsource project as well, correct a? >> yes spent our youth mother with, we put an e-mail out to you. our youth money with this e-mail? this was brought down last during when mr. ward was here with the brightsource. the e-mail from mr. ward to mr. silva, department energy asking him to edit and proofread a letter that says brice was going to send from mr. bryson to bill daley, white house chief of staff of our youth money with his e-mail? >> no. speak were you involved in any way with his e-mail being sent to the department of energy's? >> i don't think i am copied on it. i had nothing to do with this. >> nothing at all? did you talk to the white house in the seventh is just as the white house, did you talk to anyone there about this project? >> never. i never spoke with anyone in the white house about this project or any other renewable loan guarantee. only about the nuclear -- >> so you talk a lot about and general

in an hour you'll hear from epa administrator carol browner.before that come energy expert says congress should extend a special tax credit for companies that use wind power. >> editor at large and my panel will come up and join us. we are now going to focus on one portion of the next generation energy discussion on wind and a session called driving the wind energy market. we have just to my right, martin class there. and martin saturday. and michael o'sullivan, who knows more about the dollars and the dollars insensitive than anybody i think i've met who is senior vice president of development nextera resources. maybe you should talk to both sides of it. i know he's out there looking at what works and what doesn't. we will talk just a little bit ourselves and then open to all of you for a broader set of questions. i., this is a layperson, but i do have some images of the wind part of this. whenever i discuss the subject, i wonder why in discussing it. by discussing it because it's politically correct to do so or is there a viable energy option

. >> ladies and gents when we are joined now by carol browner who is the distinguished senator for thecenter of american progress. she is former head of the environment protection agency and during yaupon administration served as the director of the white house office of energy and climate change policy. what we are struggling with today and i started the earlier question somewhat facetiously and we are positive that from definitely that well-known sarcastic atlantic style which i don't fully mean by to ask this question where we talking about wind at this conference today? is it really because of lyrical correctness or is there a real business, a real need? is there a fundamental logic that is driving that country and in that direction? i thought we had a fantastic on the and bolts of what is happening across the renewables sector and in addition. i want to ask you a similar question because this administration the obama administration when he came and talked a lot about green jobs, clean energy, our climate change responsibility willfully and when asked a question of what has been ac