The purpose of this
hearing
is to examine energy development on federal lands, focusing on the
current status of the Department of the Interior’s onshore oil and gas
leasing program.
Witnesses
Nada Culver, Deputy Director of Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land
Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
Mark Gordon, Governor, Wyoming
Brian Vallo, Governor, Pueblo of Acoma
Vicki Hollub, President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental
Petroleum
Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance
President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders
Summit on Climate he will host on April
22
and 23. The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public
viewing.
This session will highlight the critical role of technological
innovation in achieving a net-zero, climate-resilient economy; the
importance of accelerating public and private investment in climate
innovation; and the enormous economic opportunities in building the
industries of the future.
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm
Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
Leaders:
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya
Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, United Arab
Emirates
Speakers:
Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Anna Borg, President and CEO, Vattenfall
Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Danielle Merfeld, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, GE
Renewable Energy
Audrey Zibelman, Vice President, X
9:15 a.m.–Session 5
The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action
This session will highlight the broad economic benefits of climate
action, with a strong focus on job creation. It will explore the
economic benefits of green recovery and long-term decarbonization and
the importance of ensuring that all communities and workers benefit from
the clean-energy transition.
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai
National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy
Leaders:
President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria
President Andrzej Duda, Poland
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam
Speakers:
Jack Allen, CEO, Proterra
Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large, United
Steelworkers
Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union
Brett Isaac, CEO, Navajo Power
Erica Mackie, CEO, Grid Alternatives
Nthabiseng Mosia, Co-Founder and CCO, Easy
Solar
George Oliver, Chairman and CEO, Johnson
Controls International; Chair, Business Roundtable Energy and
Environment Committee
Lonnie R. Stephenson, President, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers
Day 2 Featured Speakers:
Michael Bloomberg, U.N. Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and
Solutions
Bill Gates, Founder, Breakthrough Energy
Brenda Mallory, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Peggy Shepard, Executive Director, WE ACT
for Environmental Justice; Co-Chair, White House Environmental Justice
Advisory Council
Currently, the United States is the largest producer of oil and gas in
the world. Under President Donald Trump, the fossil fuel industry
received between $10.4 billion and $15.2 billion in direct pandemic
relief from the federal government.
This hearing will discuss the dire health and economic impacts of fossil
fuel subsidies and why the current Administration and the rest of the
international community should fulfill their commitments to repeal
fossil fuel subsidies.
The hearing will also examine how federal subsidies for the fossil fuel
industry disproportionately affects already vulnerable communities.
Witnesses
Greta Thunberg, Founder, Fridays For Future
Tara Houska, Founder, Giniw Collective
Joseph Aldy, Professor, Harvard University
Peter Erickson, Climate Policy Program Director, Stockholm
Environmental Institute
Jill Antares Hunkler, Seventh Generation Ohio Valley Resident
Republican witness:
Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president of Policy, Economics and
Regulatory Affairs, American Petroleum Institute
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the opportunities and
challenges that exist for advancing and deploying carbon and
carbon-dioxide (CO2) utilization technologies in the United States.
President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders
Summit on Climate he will host on April
22
and 23. The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public
viewing.