Hill Heat

Witnesses

• Michael Masters, Masters Capital Management, LLC.
• Robert McCullough, McCullough Research
• Dr. Jeffrey Harris, Chief Economist, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Blythe Masters, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
• James Newsome, CME Group
• Fadel Gheit, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

09/16/2008 at 02:30PM

Witnesses

• Brian Wynne, President, Electric Drive Transportation Association
• Edward Kjaer, Director, Electric Transportation, Southern California Edison
• Robert Wimmer, National Manager of Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Energy and Environmental Research, Toyota Motor, North America
• Joseph Dalum, Vice President, DUECO
• Thad Balkman, VP of External Relations, Phoenix Motorcars

09/16/2008 at 10:00AM

Clean Air-Cool Planet and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invite you to a policy discussion to explore how revenues generated through potential climate change legislation can be recycled through the tax code to lower the overall societal cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. During debate of climate legislation on the Senate floor earlier this year, use of generated revenues was a significant area of discussion.

The expert panel will include a Member of Congress who has sponsored climate change legislation that provides for revenue recycling; a senior analyst from the Congressional Budget Office who has written extensively about the design of efficient climate change legislation; a leading academic; and experts from two think tanks.

Panelists:

• Rep. John Larson (D-CT), Member, House Ways and Means Committee
• Terry Dinan, PhD, Senior Advisor for Climate Policy, Congressional Budget Office
• Kenneth P. Green, PhD, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
• Robert Repetto, PhD, Senior Fellow, UN Foundation
• Robert J. Shapiro, PhD, Chairman of Sonecon, LLC; former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs

Continental breakfast will be served.

Please RSVP to Brenda Rogers at (202) 775-8971 or [email protected] with your name, affiliation, phone number and email address.

09/16/2008 at 08:00AM

Witnesses

Panel 1

• John Deutch, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Dan Reicher , Director of Climate Change & Energy Initiatives, Google.Org
• Dr. Daniel Yergin , Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
• Frank Verrastro, Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Panel 2

• John Krenicki, Vice Chairman, President, and CEO, General Electric Energy Infrastructure
• John Rowe, Chairman and CEO, Exelon Corporation
• James Roberts, CEO, Foundation Coal Corporation
• Douglas Steenland, President and CEO, Northwest Airlines
• Gary Cohn, Co-President, Managing Director, and COO, Goldman Sachs
• Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO, General Motors
• Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil Company

09/12/2008 at 09:30AM

Investment in scientific and technological innovation has been critical to the growth of the U.S. economy. Much of the technology available today to help meet the energy and climate challenges confronting our nation is due to our previous investments in energy and climate research and development (R&D).

Witnesses:

• Dr. Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Dr. Stephen Forrest, Vice President of Research, University of Michigan
• Dr. Jack Fellows, Vice President, University Corporation on Atmospheric Research
• Dr. Daniel Kammen, Professor, UC-Berkley

09/10/2008 at 10:00AM

Many of the consequences of climate change such as warmer winters and shifting rainfall patterns are becoming increasingly apparent here in the United States, but it is in remote reaches of the planet that some of the most rapid and potentially catastrophic changes are occurring. Millions of cubic kilometers of water are locked up in Greenland’s ice sheet, and the data indicate that it is melting at an unexpectedly rapid rate. Substantial melting of Greenland’s glaciers would cause significant sea level rise, affecting the cities and populations that are concentrated near the coast. This briefing will highlight efforts to study changes in the Greenland ice sheet, capture both its beauty and demise and explore the consequences for U.S. citizens as well as people around the globe.

Moderator

• Brendan Kelly, Arctic Natural Sciences Program, National Science Foundation

Panelists

• James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey
• Robert Bindschadler, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Konrad Steffen, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
• James E. Neumann, Industrial Economics, Incorporated

Limited Space Available

RSVP by Wednesday, September 3 to [email protected] or 202/872-4556. Please provide name, affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address.

09/09/2008 at 12:00PM

Witnesses

• Mr. William Millar, President, American Public Transportation Association
• Andy Darrell, Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund
• Dorothy Dugger, General Manager, Red Rose Transit Authority
• Keith Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Charlotte Area Transit System
• Dave Kilmer, General Manager, Red Rose Transit Authority
• Robert Puentes, Fellow, Brookings Institution

09/09/2008 at 11:42AM

With energy and environmentalism weighting heavily on the minds of all Americans, The New Republic will be hosting a two-part discussion series at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. This series will allow convention attendees a rare opportunity to engage with policy leaders and key innovators at the forefront of the energy and environmental debate. The series is open to all convention attendees and within walking distance to the Denver Convention Center and surrounding hotels.

• Carl Pope, Executive Director, The Sierra Club
• Representative George Miller (D-CA)
• Representative Ed Markey (D-MA)
• Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
• Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
• Matt Bennett, Vice President for Public Affairs, Third Way
• Brian F. Keane, President, SmartPower
• Ted Nordhaus, Chairman, The Breakthrough Institute; Co-author, Break Through
• Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard University Law Professor and Author, Risk and Reason: Safety, Law, and the Environment
• Franklin Foer, Editor of The New Republic, moderator

Tattered Cover Book Store, 16th & Wynkoop, Denver

08/27/2008 at 04:00PM

With energy and environmentalism weighting heavily on the minds of all Americans, The New Republic will be hosting a two-part discussion series at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. This series will allow convention attendees a rare opportunity to engage with policy leaders and key innovators at the forefront of the energy and environmental debate. The series is open to all convention attendees and within walking distance to the Denver Convention Center and surrounding hotels.

• Carl Pope, Executive Director, The Sierra Club
• Representative George Miller (D-CA)
• Representative Ed Markey (D-MA)
• Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
• Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
• Matt Bennett, Vice President for Public Affairs, Third Way
• Brian F. Keane, President, SmartPower
• Ted Nordhaus, Chairman, The Breakthrough Institute; Co-author, Break Through
• Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard University Law Professor and Author, Risk and Reason: Safety, Law, and the Environment
• Franklin Foer, Editor of The New Republic, moderator

Tattered Cover Book Store, 16th & Wynkoop, Denver

08/26/2008 at 04:00PM

Facilitator: Vijay Vaitheeswaran

Introduction: The Government’s Role in the New Energy Economy

• Sen. Jeff Bingaman
• Rep. Earl Blumenauer
• Rep. Ed Markey
• Gavin Newsom
• Greg Nickels
• Federico Peña
• Gov. Bill Ritter Jr.
• Sen. Ken Salazar

Topic Expansion: Corporate and Community Initiatives in the New Energy Economy

• Dan Arvizu
• Mark Falcone
• Van Jones
• Carl Pope
• Jon Ratner
• Rhone Resch
• Heather Stephenson

Space Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, CO

08/26/2008 at 01:30PM