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Engage with Andy Busch
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November 21st 2014:Weather Report! What to expect and why this winter
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This week on Engage with Andy Busch, we tackle the question on everyone's mind at this time of year: will it be another polar vortex?
Joining us will be three guests to cover a range of weather related issues from predictions on what to expect this year to what policy changes are coming over the next few years.
We'll have on EarthRisk Technologies' Jon Davis to chat about his predictions for weather and their impact on energy prices.
Next, we'll have on Xinhua News' Matt Rusling to discuss the historic US-China emissions deal.
Then, Capital Alpha's
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Jon Davis
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Jon leads EarthRisk’s forecasting operations and consulting services for energy and agriculture markets. He drives our meteorology team to link forecast applications to client-based decisions. He constantly strives for an in-depth understanding of each unique client’s sensitivity to weather. Based in Chicago, Jon brings nearly 30 years of experience and is widely considered one of the foremost experts on the impact of weather and climate on global commodities.
In 2008, Jon was a founding “Research Partner” with the Scripps Partnership for Hazards and Environmental Applied Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Jon and his team provided a significant contribut
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Matt Rusling
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Matt Rusling has lived and worked on five continents over seven years in countries including Japan, Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Germany, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Washington DC.
His specialties include forced labor/ human trafficking in Thailand/Myanmar, U.S.-China relations, U.S.-Japan-China relations, U.S.-China trade, China's economy, Thailand's politics, Thailand's economy, U.S. foreign policy.
He has interviewed U.S. defense secretaries, White House officials, Japanese politicians, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, North Korean refugees and Burmese forced labor and human trafficking victims. He has toured the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba prison that houses al Qaeda
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Loren Smith
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Loren Smith joined Capital Alpha in 2009. He spent the preceding eight years in government, first as a legislative aide to Rep. Vito Fossella of New York, then as Director of Congressional and Public Affairs for the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (an independent watchdog agency), and finally as special assistant for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor. Prior to entering government service, Smith worked for a variety of public-policy non-profit organizations, and graduated from Boston College in 1998.
Coverage: Transportation, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Immigration, Labor, Elections
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