Former CBS and CNN Pros Launch Fulltime Energy and Environment Broadband Network - CleanSkies.tv

Former CBS and CNN Pros Launch Fulltime Energy and Environment Broadband Network - CleanSkies.tv

WASHINGTON, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Earth Day appropriately marked the launch of the CleanSkies.tv Network, the world's first and only online network devoted exclusively to the compelling issues and developments shaping the debate on energy and the environment.

Susan McGinnis, former anchor of the CBS Morning News and correspondent for CBS' The Early Show, is the managing editor and news anchor of CleanSkies.tv News. "I have always had a deep interest in news and events surrounding energy and the environment. At CleanSkies.tv News, I have the chance to use my talents as a journalist in an area that is so important right now. Energy and the environment have finally come to the forefront of the nation's priorities," said McGinnis.

With camera assets in Washington, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Cambridge, [Massachusetts] and other major markets, CleanSkies.tv News provides the most insightful and focused news coverage on energy and the environment available anywhere, including hourly updates, morning and evening extended newscasts, and engaging roundtable discussions with policy makers, key environmental activists and industry activists.

Upcoming CleanSkies.tv news programs include contributions from energy guru T. Boone Pickens, Frank O' Donnell (Clean Air Watch), Obama Energy Advisor Robert Sussman, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs Robert Shapiro, NASA Scientist Dr. Tim Hall, Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) and many others of note.

McGinnis leads a team of seasoned news and television-production professionals who bring a wealth of experience and accomplishments from media institutions such as Platts, NBC, PBS, CNN, CBS, Fox News, AP, Bloomberg and more. "Decisions made today about our energy choices will have a permanent impact on generations to come. Staying informed on these issues is the key to making the right decisions, and that is what CleanSkies.tv News is all about," McGinnis added.

From 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT daily, CleanSkies.tv News programming includes live streams that are also available for later viewing in the network archive.

Operating independently of CleanSkies.tv News, the CleanSkies.tv Network features original programming contributed by a diverse collection of "Peer Group Programmers" such as the American Lung Association, Honda USA, the MIT Energy Initiative and others that will convey their specific points of view on issues related to energy and the environment.

Kelley Rickenbaker, formerly of CNN, is the General Manager/Executive Programming Director of the CleanSkies.tv Network and spearheads the peer- group programming outreach.

"Our Peer Group Partners each bring unique and informed contributions to our programming. We believe CleanSkies.tv will be enriched by their presence on our network - and we're excited that they have joined with us. Viewers witnessed the first example of our collaboration on our launch day - we carried live, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's address on energy and the environment at MIT," said Rickenbaker.

Based in the Washington, D.C. metro area, the CleanSkies.tv Network and CleanSkies.tv News are sponsored by the American Clean Skies Foundation, whose mission it is to educate the public about environmental and energy developments, as well as the use of natural gas as part of a sustainable energy future.

There is empanelled a CleanSkies.tv News Editorial Oversight Board to ensure the editorial independence of CleanSkies.tv News operations and personnel. The editorial oversight board is chaired by Burl Osborne, former Chairman of the Board of The Associated Press and former publisher and editor of the Dallas Morning News.

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CONTACT: Jim Allen of CleanSkies.tv, +1-202-421-4628,
jim-allen@cleanskies.tv

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http://www.cleanskies.tv/

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