Eliot Wessler is a retired economist. For the past ten years he has been working with a number of grassroots environmental groups that focus on modernizing and rationalizing New Hampshire's solid waste policies. He worked in Washington DC for 35 years at a number of consulting firms, trade associations and Federal agencies. Most of his work focused on electric and natural gas utilities, including environmental policy-making but primarily on anti-trust matters. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University and Clark University. He and his wife Ellen are very lucky--they live in Whitefield New Hampshire, a beautiful part of our state, and spend winters in St. Petersburg Florida. They have two grown children who continue to live in Washington DC. Cynthia Walter, Ph.D. introduced the speaker and moderated the Q&A session. Dr. Walter is a scientist with 35 years of experience teaching and research on the sources and solutions for environmental problems. In relation to tonight’s program, she and her students documented contamination in private wells near a landfill in Ohio and she recently joined a citizen appeal regarding permits for the Turnkey landfill near her home in Dover. She volunteers with several grassroots groups including the NH Network for Environment, Energy and Climate. This event is co-sponsored by the NH Network for Environment, Energy and Climate, and the Connecticut Health Professionals for Climate Action.