Touring the oil damage in the Gulf Coast with national religious leaders

The Sierra Club holds a conference call, beginning at 3:30 p.m., to discuss experiences touring the oil damage in the Gulf Coast with national religious leaders.

Speakers

  • Rev. Canon Sally Bingham, founder of Interfaith Power and Light
  • Rev. Gerald Durley, pastor at Providence Missionary Baptist Church
  • Fr. Dan Krutz, Episcopal priest and director of Louisiana Interchurch Conference
  • Rev. Jim Wallis, editor in chief of Sojourners Magazine
  • Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
  • Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell of the Progressive National Baptist Convention
  • Sayyid Syeed of the Islamic Society of North America
  • Lynn Hybels, co-founder of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago
  • Rev. Kris Peterson, pastor of Bayou Blue Presbyterian Church
  • Rabbi Julie Schonfeld of the Rabbinicial Assembly
  • Pastor Chris Seay, senior pastor of Ecclesia Church
  • Susan Stephenson, executive director of Interfaith Power and Light

CONTACT: Orli Cotel, 415-977-5627, [email protected]

Call in, 888-228-9795; conference ID# code: 86171908. RSVP to [email protected]

Sierra Club
07/07/2010 at 03:30PM

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White House-Senate Energy Reform Legislation Meeting

President Barack Obama has invited senators to the White House to discuss comprehensive energy and climate legislation.

Attendees:

  • Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
  • Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
  • Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
  • Senator Mark Begich (D-AK)
  • Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
  • Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
  • Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
  • Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
  • Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)
  • Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
  • Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
  • Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH)
  • Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
  • Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
  • Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
  • Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
  • Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
  • Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
  • Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
  • Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
  • Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
  • Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
  • Senator George Voinovich (R-OH)
White House
District of Columbia
06/29/2010 at 10:50AM

Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation's Pipelines

Witnesses

Panel 1

  • Cynthia L. Quarterman, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
  • Honorable Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board

Panel 2

  • Tim Felt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Colonial Pipeline Company, representing the Association of Oil Pipelines
  • Rocco D’Alessandro, Executive Vice President of Operations, Nicor Gas, representing the American Gas Association
  • Gary Sypolt, Chief Executive Officer, Dominion Energy, representing the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
  • Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
   Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee
253 Russell

06/24/2010 at 02:30PM

S. 3497, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases entered into under that Act to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and for other purposes; S.

Witnesses

Panel 1

  • Scott Brown, U.S. Senate

Panel 2

  • Ken Salazar, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior

Panel 3

  • Marilyn Heiman, Director, U.S. Arctic Program and Offshore Energy Reform Project, The Pew Environment Group
  • David Welch, President, Stone Energy Corporation
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen

06/24/2010 at 09:30AM

MMS Reorganization

Witnesses

  • Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
  • Michael R. Bromwich, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
Senate Appropriations Committee
   Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
S-128 Capitol

06/23/2010 at 11:00AM

Policies to reduce oil consumption through the promotion of accelerated deployment of electric-drive vehicles, as proposed in S. 3495, the Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010

Witnesses

Panel 1

  • David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy

Panel 2

  • Frederick Smith, Chairman, President, and CEO, FedEx Corporation
  • Kathryn Clay, Director of Research, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
  • Brian Wynne, President, Electric Drive Transportation Association
  • David Friedman, Research Director, Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Alan Crane, Senior Program Officer, National Research Council
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen

06/22/2010 at 10:00AM

The Deepwater Horizon Incident: Are the Minerals Management Service Regulations Doing The Job?

Witnesses

Panel 1

  • Bob Abbey, Acting Director, Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Mary Kendall, Acting Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Frank Rusco, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Panel 2

  • Kenneth Abbott, Former Contractor, BP Atlantis

Panel 3

  • Christopher Mann, Senior Officer, Pew Environment Group
  • Alan Spackman, Vice President, Offshore Technical & Regulatory Affairs, International Association of Drilling Contractors
  • Erik Milito, Group Director, Upstream and Industry Operations, American Petroleum Institute
  • Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project on Government Oversight
  • Steve Maley, Operations Manager, Badger Oil Corporation
House Natural Resources Committee
   Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

06/17/2010 at 10:00AM