Hill Heat

04/17/2007 at 10:00AM

S.731, to develop a methodology for, and complete, a national assessment of geological storage capacity for carbon dioxide, and S.962, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy.

04/16/2007 at 02:30PM

04/12/2007 at 10:00AM

The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on “An Examination of the Availability and Affordability of Property and Casualty Insurance in the Gulf Coast and Other Coastal Regions”.

Witnesses

Panel I

• Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida
• Bill Nelson (D-FL), United States Senator

Panel II

• Dr. Edward Lazear, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors

04/11/2007 at 10:00AM

Oversight field hearing on “Sustainable Water Supplies for the West: Part 1 – Protecting Groundwater Resources”.

Kellogg West Conference Center, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Witnesses

Panel I Overview of Regional Perchlorate Contamination and Regional Water Supply Outlook

• Joe Baca, Jr., Councilman, City of Rialto, CA
• Celeste Cantu’, Executive Director, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, Riverside, CA
• Robert DeLoach, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer, Cucamonga Valley Water District, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
• Penny Newman, Executive Director, Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, Riverside, CA
• Phil Wyels, Assistant Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, CA

Panel II Local Water Supply Impacts from Perchlorate; Options for Treatment; and Long-Term Outlook for the Water Supply

• Brad Coffey, Water Treatment Section Manager, Metropolitan Water District, Los Angeles, CA
• Anthony W. Araiza, General Manager-Secretary, West Valley Water District, Rialto, CA
• Bob Martin, General Manager, East Valley Water District, Highland, CA
• Michael Whitehead, Board Member, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, West Covina, CA

04/10/2007 at 06:00AM

The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold an oversight hearing on ocean policy priorities in the United States.

Witnesses:

Panel 1

• Admiral James D. Watkins, Co-chair, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
• Leon Panetta, Co-chair, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative

Panel 2

• Mary M. Glackin, Assistant Administrator for Program Planning and Integration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

03/29/2007 at 10:00AM

Redacting the Science of Climate Change, Government Accountability Project Report

Witnesses

• Dr. James J. McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard University, Board Member, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Sheldon Rampton, SourceWatch, Co-Author of “Trust Us, We’re Experts!”
• Tarek Maassarani, Government Accountability Project
• Jeff Kueter, George C. Marshall Institute

03/28/2007 at 02:00PM

The House Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing on “Access Denied: The Growing Conflict Between Fishing, Hunting, and Energy Development on Federal Lands.” Witnesses: Mr. Steve Williams, President & CEO, Wildlife Management Institute Representative Dan Gibbs, Colorado State Representative, House District 56 Mr. William Hite, General President, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices in the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry Mr. Kinsey M. Robinson, International President, United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers Dr. Rollin D. Sparrowe, Board Member, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Mr. Charles E. Greenhawt, Manager, Government Affairs, Questar Exploration and Production Co. Questar Corporation Mr. Stephen P. Mealey, Boone and Crockett Club

03/27/2007 at 10:30AM

Witnesses

Panel I

• Jonathan Pershing, Director, Climate Energy and Pollution Program, World Resources Institute
• Jeffrey Holzschuh, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking – Global Energy and Utilities Group
• Annie Petsonk, International Counsel, Environmental Defense
• W. Thomas Stephens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Boise Cascade, LLC
• Edward S. Steinfeld, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Bernard Schwartz Fellow and Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times Asia Society

03/27/2007 at 10:00AM

• Daily Kos thread

Witnesses

• Former Vice President Al Gore
• Global warming skeptic Bjorn Lomborg

• Grist precis of legislative recommendations:

1. An immediate “carbon freeze” that would cap U.S. CO2 emissions at current levels, followed by a program to generate 90% reductions by 2050.
2. Start a long-term tax shift to reduce payroll taxes and increase taxes on CO2 emissions.
3. Put aside a portion of carbon tax revenues to help low-income people make the transition.
4. Create a strong international treaty by working toward “de facto compliance with Kyoto” and moving up the start date for Kyoto’s successor from 2012 to 2010.
5. Implement a moratorium on construction of new coal-fired power plants that are not compatible with carbon capture and sequestration.
6. Create an “ELECTRANET”—a smart electricity grid that allows individuals and businesses to feed power back in at prevailing market rates.
7. Raise CAFE standards.
8. Set a date for a ban on incandescent light bulbs.
9. Create “Connie Mae,” a carbon-neutral mortgage association, to help defray the upfront costs of energy-efficient building.
10. Have the SEC require disclosure of carbon emissions in corporate reporting, as a relevant “material risk.”

03/21/2007 at 09:30AM