Witnesses
Panel 1
- Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senate
Panel 2
- Thomas Perrelli Esq. Esq., Associate Attorney General, U.S Department
of Justice
- Craig Bennett, Director, National Pollution Funds Center, United
States Coast Guard
- David Hayes, Deputy Secretary , The U.S. Department of Interior
Panel 3
- Jonathan Ramseur, Specialist in Environmental Policy, Congressional
Research Service
- Rawle King, Analyst in Financial Economics and Risk Assessment,
Congressional Research Service
- Robert Meltz, Legislative Attorney, Congressional Research Service
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
325 Russell
05/25/2010 at 10:00AM
“The entire nation mourned the recent loss of 29 miners at the Upper Big
Branch coal mine in West Virginia. As Chairman of the
HELP Committee, I am examining possible
legislation that would make a number of policy changes in the area of
mine safety. But additional Federal appropriations are also needed to
help prevent similar disasters, particularly when it comes to reducing
the backlog of appeals at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission,” said Harkin. “Senator Byrd requested this important hearing
and I am happy to examine this critical area.”
“I would like to thank Chairman Harkin, a fellow son of a coal miner,
for agreeing to hold this very important hearing at my request,” added
Byrd. “This is a good beginning to a process that I hope will lead to
substantial and long-overdue changes. We must examine the level of
resources allocated to our mine regulatory agencies to ensure that, in
this day and age, tragedies like the one at Upper Big Branch mine are
prevented in the future.”
Witnesses
Panel I
- Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and
Health, U. S. Department of Labor
- M. Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor, U. S. Department of Labor
- John Howard, M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mary Lu Jordan, Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission
Panel II
- Don L. Blankenship, Chairman and CEO, Massey
Energy Company, Richmond, Virginia
- Cecil Roberts, International President, United Mine Workers of
America, Fairfax, Virginia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
106 Dirksen
05/20/2010 at 02:00PM
_Witnesses_
- Dr. Ralph Cicerone, President of the National Academy of Sciences and
Chair of the National Research Council
- Dr. Mario Molina, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Professor,
University of California at San Diego
- Dr. Stephen Schneider, Professor, Stanford University
- Dr. Ben Santer, Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
- Dr. William Happer, Professor, Princeton University
House Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee
1334 Longworth
05/20/2010 at 09:00AM
Witnesses
Panel 1
- Lisa Jackson, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection
Agency
- Ken Salazar Secretary, United States Department of the Interior
- Nancy Helen Sutley, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality
Panel 2
- Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander
for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response, United States Coast
Guard
- Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
- John R. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic
Development, Economic Development Administration
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
406 Dirksen
05/18/2010 at 02:30PM
Witnesses
- Adm. Thad Allen, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
- Jane Lubchenco, administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
- Lamar McKay, chairman and president, BP America Inc.
- Steven Newman, president and CEO, Transocean
Ltd.
- Deborah French McCay, principal, Applied Science Associates Inc.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
253 Russell
05/18/2010 at 02:30PM
Witness
- Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
325 Russell
05/18/2010 at 11:00AM
- U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry
- BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles
- MMS Regional Director of the Gulf of Mexico
Region Lars Herbst
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Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center
Louisiana
05/17/2010 at 03:00PM
Witnesses
Panel 1
- The Honorable Janet A. Napolitano, Secretary, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
- Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander,
U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Panel 2
- Lamar McKay, Chairman and President, BP America, Inc.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
342 Dirksen
05/17/2010 at 02:30PM
The American Power Act, cosponsored by Senators John Kerry and Joe
Lieberman, would cap carbon emissions, support clean energy expansion
and improve oversight of oil drilling. But it cuts major provisions for
the protection of tropical rainforests that reduce emissions and help
keep legislation affordable.
Monday at 10:30am EDT, leading experts on
climate forest policies will brief journalists by phone on the American
Power Act’s tropical forests policies and the significant environmental
and cost implications of these changes.
- Douglas Boucher, Ph.D. – Union of Concerned Scientists and Chairman of
the Tropical Forest and Climate Coalition
- Mariann Quinn, Director, Environment, Health, and Safety, -Duke Energy
- Greg Fishbein, Managing Director, Forest Carbon Program – The Nature
Conservancy
Please call 888-293-6960 and ask for the Climate Forests Fix call. If
asked, the passcode is 6624052.
Tropical deforestation is responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions
than all the cars, trucks and planes in the world. But protecting
forests is one of the most affordable ways of reducing pollution,
cutting the costs of legislation by approximately a third or more. It
also levels the playing field for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and timber
producers by helping stop illegal and unsustainable agriculture
practices in tropical countries.
Previous versions of the legislation have set aside five percent of
allowances for rainforest conservation and included offset provisions to
allow companies to get credit for investing in tropical forest
conservation. Restoring these provisions will help accelerate emissions
reductions while saving consumers billions of dollars a year on their
energy bills.
For more information, contact Glenn Hurowitz at 202-232-3317 and
[email protected] or Ben Becker at 202-292-6974 or
[email protected]
Union of Concerned Scientists
05/17/2010 at 10:30AM