PFAS: the View from Affected Citizens and States

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Witnesses:

  • James Kenney, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Environment Department
  • Joanne Stanton, Co-founder, Buxmont Coalition for Safer Water
  • Scott Mandirola, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
  • G. Tracy Mehan III, Executive Director, Government Affairs, American Water Works Association
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
406 Dirksen

06/09/2021 at 10:00AM

Markup of Water Quality and Transportation Investment Bills

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a markup to consider H.R. 1915, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021, and H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act.

The Green New Deal Network is supporting three of Rep. Chuy García’s amendments to H.R. 3684 – #026, to ensure public transit gets funding on par with roads and bridges, #027, to cut all forms of pollution from transportation, and #028, to fully electrify public transit buses and commuter trains.

“Giving the Department of Transportation a bunch of money for new highways is the climate equivalent of giving energy companies money to build new coal plants,” García tweeted.

**Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (ANS) to H.R. 1915, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021**

Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (ANS) to H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2167 Rayburn

06/09/2021 at 10:00AM

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Building Regional Innovation Economies

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Witnesses

  • Dan Berglund, President and CEO, SSTI
  • Professor Erica R.H. Fuchs, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Paula Nas, Director, Office of Economic Development, University of Michigan-Flint
  • Elizabeth Hutt Pollard, Secretary of Science and Innovation, State of Oklahoma
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
   Research and Technology Subcommittee

06/09/2021 at 10:00AM

DDT Dumping Off the Southern California Coast: Ecological Impacts, Scientific Needs, and Next Steps

On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife will hold a virtual, fully remote oversight hearing titled, “DDT Dumping Off the Southern California Coast: Ecological Impacts, Scientific Needs, and Next Steps.”

Witnesses

  • Jared Blumenfeld, California Secretary for Environmental Protection, California Environmental Protection Agency
  • Dr. Lihini Aluwihare, Professor and Chemical Oceanographer Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
  • Dr. Eunha Hoh, Professor and Division Head, Environmental Health School of Public Health, San Diego State University
  • Michael Parmer, Assistant City Manager, City of Avalon, CA
House Natural Resources Committee
   Water, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee

06/08/2021 at 03:00PM

Examining Climate Change: A Threat to the Homeland

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Witnesses

  • Bill Nye, Science Educator and CEO, The Planetary Society
  • Curtis Brown, State Coordinator, Virginia Department of Emergency Management and Co-Founder, Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management
  • Alice C. Hill, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Pamela S. Williams, Executive Director, BuildStrong Coalition (minority witness)
House Homeland Security Committee
   Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Subcommittee

06/08/2021 at 02:00PM

Nominations of Tracy Stone-Manning, Shalanda Baker, Samuel Walsh, Andrew Light

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nominations of:

Opening Statement

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen

06/08/2021 at 10:00AM

Defining a National ‘Oceanshot’: Accelerating Ocean and Great Lakes Science and Technology

Opening Statements

Witnesses

  • Craig McLean, Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and Acting Chief Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Dr. Margaret Leinen, Vice Chancellor, Marine Sciences, Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • Dr. Michael P. Crosby, President & CEO, Mote Marine Laboratory
  • Dr. Robert D. Ballard, President, Ocean Exploration Trust, Explorer-at-Large, National Geographic Society
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
   Environment Subcommittee

06/07/2021 at 11:00AM