Hill Heat

Witnesses

• Dr. Ray Kopp, Resources for the Future
• Dr. Ted Gayer, The Brookings Institution
• David Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Jonathan Banks, Clean Air Task Force
• Dr. Daniel Sarewitz, Arizona State University

11/10/2009 at 10:00AM

Witnesses

• Dr. Ken Caldeira, Senior Scientist, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
• Dr. John Shepherd, School of Ocean & Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton
• Lee Lane, Co-director, AEI Geoengineering Project, the American Enterprise Institute
• Dr. James Fleming, Professor and Director of Science, Technology and Society, Colby College
• Dr. Alan Robock, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University

11/05/2009 at 10:00AM

Attention to U.S. climate legislation is increasing on Capitol Hill. In June of this year, the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act introduced by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), and the Senate is considering a similar proposal by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). With international climate negotiations scheduled in Copenhagen for December, many view U.S. action on this issue as critical to a successful outcome. As a result, the central debate is no longer about the need for action, but about the form our actions will take.

On November 4, the Brookings Institution will host a discussion on a new series of papers on U.S. climate policy design. Each paper tackles a different design topic, but they all share a common set of goals: to acknowledge the complexity inherent in climate policy; to explain the fundamental challenges involved in addressing a particular set of design features; and to suggest a credible path forward, calling attention to tradeoffs where they exist. Panelists will focus on such issues as emissions reduction targets, cost containment measures, oversight of the carbon derivatives market, the allocation of emissions allowances and provisions to mitigate the impacts on trade-exposed industries.

After the panel, participants will take audience questions.

3:30 pm–3:45 am

Welcoming Remarks and Introduction

Charles Ebinger, Senior Fellow and Director, Energy Security Initiative, The Brookings Institution

3:45 pm–5:00 pm

Panelists

• Bryan Mignone, Fellow (on leave), The Brookings Institution
• Adele C. Morris, Fellow and Policy Director, Climate and Energy Economics Project, The Brookings Institution
• Carolyn Fischer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
• Richard Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
• Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance and Energy Markets Director for the Global Energy Management Institute, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston

To RSVP for this event, please call the Office of Communications at 202.797.6105 or click here.

The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

11/04/2009 at 03:30PM

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by U.S. Senator, Barbara Boxer (D – CA), will reconvene the business meeting on Wednesday, November 4 to consider S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Then the business meeting will recess to conduct a briefing for the full committee on the legislation.

11/04/2009 at 10:15AM

Witnesses

Panel I

• Todd D. Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State

Panel II

• Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund
• Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Steven Groves, J.D., Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow, The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, The Heritage Foundation

11/04/2009 at 10:00AM

The Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a Business Meeting to consider the following item: Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, S. 1733

11/03/2009 at 09:00AM

_Witnesses_

• Linda Adams, Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
• Dave Johnson, Organizing Director, Laborers’ Union Eastern Region, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
• J. Stephan Dolezalek, Managing Director, VantagePoint Venture Partners
• David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Eugene Trisko, Attorney at Law, On behalf of the United Mine Workers of America
• Charlie Smith, President & Chief Executive Officer, CountryMark
• Paul Cicio, Executive Director, Industrial Energy Consumers of America

10/29/2009 at 03:00PM

_Witnesses_

• John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress
• Ned Helme, President, Center for Clean Air Policy
• Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute
• Iain Murray, Vice-President for Strategy, Competitive Enterprise Institute

10/29/2009 at 01:00PM

_Witnesses_

• Sherwood Boehlert, Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Transportation Policy Project
• William Millar, President, American Public Transportation Association
• Mike McKeever, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)
• Barbara J. Windsor, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hahn Transportation, Inc.

10/29/2009 at 11:30AM

_Witnesses_

• Preston Chiaro, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Product Group, Rio Tinto
• John Rowe, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation
• Dr. Willett Kempton, Professor, Marine Policy, University of Delaware
• Bob Winger, President, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 11
• Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
• Mike Carey, President, Ohio Coal Association
• Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation

10/29/2009 at 09:30AM