ADVISORY/Regional Leaders to Explore Impact of Global Climate Change on Environment, Economy.

Business Editors/Environment Writers

ADVISORY...for Monday (Nov. 10)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

The New England Council

 Event:     Climate Change Summit
            Nobel Prize Recipient Professor Mario Molina is Keynote
              Speaker

            A meeting of regional and national leaders from the
            private and public sectors in New England and the
            Northeast to explore the issues surrounding national
            policies which address global warming and climate change.

            A working lunch will include development of key points for
            The New England Council's "Climate Change Declaration," to
            be issued in the future as the Council's core position on
            this issue.

 Sponsors:  The New England Council
            CEO Coalition to Advance Sustainable Technology
            M.J. Bradley & Associates
            Clarke & Company
            Hale & Dorr, LLP
            Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management
              (NESCAUM)

 Date:      Monday, November 10, 2003
            8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Venue:    Boston Marriott Copley Place

Who:      Speakers and panelists include:

          James Brett, President and CEO, The New England Council
          Helen Sahi, FleetBoston Financial
          Mark MacLeod, Environmental Defense
          Mark Trexler, Trexler & Associates
          Sue Tierney, The Analysis Group
          Ken Colburn, NESCAUM
          Ken Meade, Hale & Dorr
          Sonia Hamel, Commonwealth Development - Commonwealth of
            Massachusetts
          Franz Litz, Senior Attorney, Regional Greenhouse Gas
            Strategy Coordinator - New York
          Michael Stoddard, Environment Northeast
          David Manning, Keyspan
          Christopher Powell, UTC
          Herb Nock, Fuel Cell Energy
          Michael Bradley, M.J. Bradley & Associates