As reported in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the American Bar Association has tapped Atlanta lawyer Jonathan B. Wilson to head its new Renewable Energy Committee, which addresses green energy.
Wilson, a corporate attorney with the Atlanta firm of Taylor English Duma LLP, will lead the group, which seeks to improve research and scholarship in solar, wind and other natural resources and to make programs available to benefit the legal profession and U.S. public.
Wilson is a 15-year member of the ABA’s Public Utility Section, which focuses on the communications and energy industries. He also founded the section’s Internet Industry Committee in 1996.
As a founding chair of the Renewable Energy Committee, he plans to recruit at least 100 members by spring 2010, hold regular Web-based seminars on renewable energy and build a nationwide database of state-level renewable incentives.
“Everybody recognizes the value of energy independence and renewable energy,” Wilson said, in a news release. “But the questions are: How big a role should renewables play? How should the government be involved? How can companies take advantage of incentives? We’ll be addressing these crucial questions and more in the Renewable Energy Committee.”
For more information about the Renewable Energy Committee including instructions for joining, please visit this site.