Hill Heat

The hearing will discuss draft legislation, authored by Chairman Upton and Subcommittee Chairman Whitfield, that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing a “cap-and-trade national energy tax” through regulations under the Clean Air Act.

Witnesses

• Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
• Greg Abbott, Attorney General, State of Texas
• Harry C. Alford, President & CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce
• Lonnie N. Carter, President and CEO, Santee Cooper
• Steve Cousins, Vice President, Lions Oil Company
• Peter S. Glaser, Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP
• Fred T. Harnack, General Manager, Environmental Affairs, US Steel Corporation
• Philip Nelson, President, Illinois Farm Bureau
• James Pearce, Director of Manufacturing, FMC Corporation
• Steve Rowlan, General Manager, Environmental Affairs, Nucor Corporation
• Dr. Margo Thorning, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, American Council for Capital Formation

The two-day conference will bring together stakeholders from across the government, renewable energy industry, and conservation community to discuss the administration’s efforts to rapidly and responsibly stand-up renewable energy projects on our nation’s public lands.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will open the workshop with a roundtable discussion about the Administration’s work to build a clean energy economy. Immediately following the roundtable, the Secretaries will hold a press conference to discuss how President Obama’s tax cuts are encouraging business investment and job creation in wind, solar and other renewable energy technologies.

Roundtable Discussion with Secretaries Salazar, Chu, Vilsack

• Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
• Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
• Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture

10:15 a.m. Press Conference

Department of the Interior Yates Auditorium
1849 C St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20240

All credentialed media are invited to cover the event. Please RSVP to [email protected]

Witnesses

• Richard Newell, Administrator, Energy Information Administration
• Ambassador Richard H. Jones, Deputy Executive Director , International Energy Agency
• Roger Diwan, Partner and Head of Financial Advisory, PFC Energy
• Jim Burkhard, Managing Director, Cambridge Energy Research Associates

The World Bank’s mission is to alleviate poverty and encourage economic growth by providing low-cost loans for worthy development projects. But the Bank has come under fire recently from some developing country critics for placing environmental policy concerns ahead of poverty reduction goals. For example, according to one critic writing recently in the New York Times, “the bank’s loans for plantation agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions – some $132 million of which have gone to palm oil cultivation – have been humanitarian and economic triumphs. Yet now, under misguided pressure from environmental groups, the Bank is turning its back on the program.” Furthermore, questions have been raised over the World Bank’s recent tendency to give greater weight to input from environmentalist NGOs than from private businesses or even sovereign nat! ions.

Join us for a larger policy discussion about the World Bank’s mission and its environmental objectives. Panelists will discuss how effective World Bank aid policies have been in alleviating poverty when they are linked to environmental or other social policies. What should the Bank’s role be in the 21st century? And how should the Congress of the United States, the Bank’s biggest funder, shape the Bank’s priorities?

Hosted by James Roberts, Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth

Speakers

• Ron Bailey, Science Correspondent, Reason Magazine
• Nick Schulz, Editor-in-Chief, American.com, and Author of From Poverty to Prosperity Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities and the Lasting Triumph over Scarcity
• Richard Tren, Director, Africa Fighting Malaria, and Co-Author of The Excellent Powder: DDT’s Political and Scientific History

Heritage Foundation
Lehrman Auditorium
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC

Witnesses

• William Reilly, Co-Chair, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
• Bob Graham, Co-Chair, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

Witnesses

• Bob Graham, Co-Chair, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
• William K. Reilly, Co-Chair, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

AMS Career Fair, Sunday–Tuesday; Exhibit Hall 4E: (Check program for times): A great way for employers and job seekers to find each other.

Daily Weather Briefings, Monday–Thursday, 7:30–8:00 A.M. and 12:45–1:15 P.M.; Room 607: Compliments of the University of Washington and the National Weather Service.

Sixth Annual Weather Video Preview Theater, Monday–Thursday, 8:00 A.M.–5:30 P.M.; Room 303: Relax and watch some great videos. Then go to the AMS Resource Center and pick up your favorites.

Spouses’ Coffee, Monday-Wednesday, 9:00–11:00 A.M. Seattle Sheraton, Madrona Room: Spouses and guests are invited to meet and to renew acquaintances.

Meet the President, Tuesday–Thursday, 25–27 January; Room 601: AMS President Peggy LeMone invites you to stop by and chat on Tuesday (3:00–3:30 P.M.), Wednesday (10:00–10:30 A.M.), and Thursday (3:00–3:30 P.M.).

Book Signings, AMS Resource Center, Exhibit Hall 4E: This year you can peruse AMS Books in two locations: the Resource Center Exhibit Hall 4E, and at the AMS Publications booth along Publisher’s Row in the main Exhibit Hall (booth 120). Sales and signings will take place at the Resource Center, and this years’ signing authors will include Louis Uccellini, David Schultz, Robert Henson, Richard Somerville, and economists Kevin Simmons and Dan Sutter, who authored AMS’s newest release, “Economic and Societal Impacts of Tornadoes.”

AMS Exhibit Program, Monday–Thursday; Exhibit Hall 4AB: (Check the program for times): The AMS Annual Meeting is the host to the largest exhibit program anywhere in the atmospheric, oceanic, and related sciences.

Seattle, Washington

Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard University

With additional comments by:

• Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future
• Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University
• Chad Holliday, former CEO, DuPont

Twenty years ago, Michael Porter, one of the world’s most influential thinkers on management and competitiveness, posited what has since become known as the Porter Hypothesis – the notion that well-designed environmental regulation can spur innovation and improve competitiveness. As current policy debates focus on regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act and concerns about global competitiveness of U.S. industry, Porter’s insights have never been more germane. With these issues in mind, Michael Porter will deliver the annual Hans Landsberg Memorial Lecture at Resources for the Future on January 19, 2011.

Michael Porter is a leading authority on competitive strategy; the competitiveness and economic development of nations, states, and regions; and the application of competitive principles to social problems such as health care, the environment, and corporate responsibility. Porter is generally recognized as the father of the modern strategy field, and has been identified in a variety of rankings and surveys as the world’s most influential thinker on management and competitiveness. He is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, based at Harvard Business School. A University professorship is the highest professional recognition that can be awarded to a Harvard faculty member. In 2001, Harvard Business School and Harvard University jointly created the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, dedicated to furthering Professor Porter’s work. He is the author of 18 books and over 125 articles.

To RSVP for this event, please send an email with your contact details to [email protected].

RFF First Floor Conference Center
Resources for the Future
1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

The Pew Project on National Security, Energy & Climate cordially invites you to a briefing by Mr. Larry Kobayashi, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Center on Climate Change and National Security.

January 13, 2011 3:30pm—5:00pm

RSVP: Registration is required for the free event. Please send name, organization, phone and email to David Catarious, [email protected] by Jan. 11.

Founded in 2009, the charter of the CIA’s Center on Climate Change and National Security is not the science of climate change, but the national security impact of phenomena such as desertification, rising sea levels, population shifts, and heightened competition for natural resources. The Center provides support to American policymakers as they negotiate, implement, and verify international agreements on environmental issues.

The Pew Charitable Trusts
901 E Street NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20004