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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and Clean Air-Cool Planet, in conjunction with the Royal Norwegian Embassy, invite you to a breakfast briefing to learn about the climate change impacts seen today in the Arctic. Climate change continues to grow as an issue of global concern, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a top priority for the Obama administration. Major international climate negotiations will take place in Copenhagen in December and a debate on comprehensive climate legislation is anticipated in the U.S. Senate this fall. These policy discussions come against a backdrop of rapid and continuing warming of climate in the Arctic as reflected by the shrinkage of the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice, and melting of glaciers and permafrost. At this briefing, top scientists from Norway and the United States will discuss the latest research in this vulnerable region and its implications. Speakers for this event include:

• Nalan Koc, Director, Center for Ice, Climate and Ecosystems (ICE), Norwegian Polar Institute
• Eugenie Euskirchen, Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Bob Corell, Chair, The Climate Action Initiative; Senior Advisor, Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF)

If current greenhouse gas emission trends continue, impacts are expected to become even more visible and intense. Reductions in carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases should serve as the backbone of the global effort to avoid the vast consequences of an even warmer world.

This briefing is free and open to the public. Breakfast will be served. No RSVP required. For more information, contact Laura Parsons at (202) 662-1884 or [email protected].

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Environment & Public Works Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Energy & Natural Resources Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will join other Republican senators tomorrow to discuss the national energy tax in the Boxer-Kerry bill.

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) Environment & Public Works Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.) Energy & Natural Resources Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Senate Republican Policy Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.) Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) Senator Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) Other Senate Republicans

U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) will discuss energy transmission issues at the National Press Club on Wednesday, September 30, at 12:00 p.m. Dorgan is the luncheon keynote speaker at The Energy Daily’s Transmission Siting Policy Summit. A question and answer period will follow his remarks.

Dorgan is a senior member of the Senate Energy Committee and Chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee. Dorgan helped craft the Energy Committee legislation that includes investments in energy transmission, and expanded production of traditional and renewable sources of energy.

The event is open to the media. Media wishing to attend should RSVP to Teri Fisher, Senior Event & Marketing Manager for The Energy Daily. Phone: 610-696-2484, Cell: 240-793-8344, Email: [email protected]. For more information on the event, go to www.theenergydaily.com/transmission_siting.

Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduce climate legislation.

East lawn of the Capitol
Corner of 1st and Constitution NE
Across from the Supreme Court

Hilton Crystal City at Ronald Reagan National Airport – Farragut Room

2399 Jefferson Davis Highway

Arlington, VA 22202

Keynote Speaker

Carol Browner, Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy

Featuring

Senator John W. Warner

Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Forces

VADM Dennis V. McGinn USN (Ret.), Member, CNA Military Advisory Board

Senior representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps

You must register for this free event. Space is limited. Please email [email protected] for registration. Lunch will be served. Parking is available at the Hilton. The Hilton is 3 blocks souhttp://hillheat.com/admin/hearings/events/newth of the Crystal City Metro Station (yellow and blue line). For questions call (202) 887-8853.

We strongly encourage you and other key members of your organization to attend. This will be a special opportunity to hear from and ask questions of leadership with the Department of Defense and Services.

PROGRAM AGENDA

Witnesses

• Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Jason Grumet, Bipartisan Policy Center
• Dr. Joseph Mason, Louisiana State University
• Dr. Michael Wara, Stanford University
• Brent Yacobucci, Congressional Research Service

With less than 100 days before the international community will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Conference, negotiators are engaged in key discussions on clean energy measures and pollution limits that will be central to an international climate agreement.

On Thursday September 10th, 2009 the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing entitled, “Roadmap to Copenhagen – Driving towards Success.” The hearing will begin at 9:30 AM, and be held on the U.S. Capitol Complex ROOM NUMBER TBA.

The hearing will focus on progress made thus far and challenges remaining as the December UN climate negotiations approach. It will feature testimony from the Obama Administration’s top climate negotiator, Todd Stern, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State.

Witness

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

Panel 1A: Regulating Carbon Markets in a Cap-and-Trade System

• Hon. Gary Gensler, Chairman, U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission

Panel 1B: Regulating Carbon Markets in a Cap-and-Trade System

• Timothy Profeta, Director, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
• Joseph R. Glace, Vice President for Risk Management and Chief Risk Officer, Exelon Corporation
• Dr. Dave Miller, Chief Science Officer AgraGate; Research & Commodity Services Director, Iowa Farm Bureau
• Julie Winkler, Managing Director, Research and Product Development, CME Group, & Member of the Board of Directors, Green Exchange LLC

Panel 2: Producer Group Perspectives

• Fred Yoder, past President of National Corn Growers Association
• Luke Brubaker, Brubaker Farms
• Frank Rehermann, Chairman, USA Rice Producers’ Group
• Andy Beckstoffer, Chairman and CEO, Beckstoffer Vineyards

The purpose of the hearing is to consider climate change impacts on national parks in Colorado and related management activities. It will be held in the Board Room of Town Hall, 170 MacGregor Avenue, Estes Park.

Witnesses

• Dr. Herbert C. Frost, Associate Director for Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, National Park Service
• Alice Madden, Climate Change Coordinator, Office of the Governor, Denver, Colorado
• Stephen Saunders, President, The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
• Dr. David Schimel, Senior Scientist , National Center for Atmospheric Research

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Ken Salazar, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior

Panel 2

• Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• David B. Sandalow, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, United States Department of Energy

Panel 3

• Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
• Bill Fehrman, President and CEO, MidAmerican Energy Company