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"Ian Somerhalder has announced plans to attend the Washington Energy Summit on Thursday. The Vampire Diaries star will meet with key political figures to discuss the future of green energy and technology, reports MTV News. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s really, really cool. I think there&amp;#039;s a lot of anger and frustration and fear and determination in this exact moment in our country in the wake of this huge oil spill. But the government, they know enough to figure it out and they&amp;#039;re taking steps to do that, so I&amp;#039;m really honoured to be invited to go and speak with these people,&amp;quot; he explained.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll try not to screw up. I can&amp;#039;t wait to put my thinking cap on and get to Washington and have really structured and really inspiring conversations with people and hopefully something comes out of it.&amp;quot;  Somerhalder previously spoke out against the BP oil spill, urging his fellow celebrities to take a more active role in the political world. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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