The second full committee hearing on Lieberman-Warner.
Witnesses
- David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense
Council
- Dr. David Greene, Corporate Fellow, Geography and Environmental
Engineering, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Robert Baugh, Executive Director, Industrial Union Council,
AFL-CIO
- Andrew Sharkey, President and CEO, American
Iron and Steel Institute
- Donald R. Rowlett, Director of Regulatory Policy and Compliance,
OGE Energy Corp.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
406 Dirksen
11/13/2007 at 11:00AM
The events in the Science and Society: Grand
Challenges series
will be held every Monday night in November from 6pm to 7:30pm in the
AAAS Auditorium at 1200 New York Avenue. A
reception will start at 5pm.
November 12th’s discussion will be about “Meeting the Global Energy
Demand”
Speakers
- John Holdren, Director of the Science, Technology & Public Policy
Program at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Lori Ryerkerk, General Manager of Government Relations at the
ExxonMobil Corporation.
The first discussion was on “Climate Change”, and future discussions
will be on “Managing a Pandemic” and “Containing the Spread of WMDs” and
will feature experts from the White House, and the Center for American
Progress.
RSVP.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
District of Columbia
11/12/2007 at 06:00PM
The British-American Business Association
is holding an energy briefing & reception on “Climate Change and Energy
Policy – UK and US Policy Approaches and Perspectives”.
Panel Moderator:
- Professor Wilfrid Kohl, Director International Energy and Environment
Program, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns
Hopkins University
Panel
- The Honorable Karen Harbert, Assistant Secretary for Policy and
International Affairs, US Department of Energy [invited]
- David Thomas, First Secretary, Energy & Environment, British Embassy,
Washington DC
- John Jimison, Counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, US
House of Representatives
- Chelsea Maxwell, Senior Policy Advisor to Senator John Warner of
Virginia [invited]
Organized by the BABA Energy and Environment
Committee
- 5:30 PM – Registration
- 6:00 – 7:30 PM – Presentation & Networking Reception
British Embassy Rotunda 3100 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC
Price: $40 / person (Members & their Guests) $50 / person (non-Members)
Online
registration.
British American Business Association
District of Columbia
11/08/2007 at 05:30PM
Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and staff
will hold an informal briefing on the provisions of America’s Climate
Security Act of 2007 (S 2191).
Contact: Poirier, Bettina – Democratic Staff Director at 202-224-8832
Senate Environment and Public Works
406 Dirksen
11/08/2007 at 04:00PM
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the American
Solar Energy Society (ASES) invite you to a
briefing at which a groundbreaking new report will be released entitled
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st
Century. This report from
ASES is the nation’s first comprehensive study
of the tremendous economic impact of these industries. It aims to answer
the questions: how big are the renewable energy and energy efficiency
industries and how large are they forecasted to grow? How many jobs and
what types of jobs do they create? What are the economic development
implications? The briefing will address these questions, as well as
provide a special case study, and explore the important policy
implications of this powerful research.
Speakers
- Sen. Ken Salazar, (D-CO), Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources,
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Finance Committees
- Brad Collins, Executive Director, American Solar Energy Society
- Drew McCracken, Director, Washington Office of the State of Ohio
- Roger Bezdek, Ph.D, President, Management Information Services, Inc.
While policymakers consider how to tackle climate change and energy
policy, the study to be released shows that renewable energy and energy
efficiency can offer the economic opportunity of the century – but only
if we take advantage of this huge opportunity. Today, these industries
generate 8.5 million jobs and nearly $1 trillion in annual revenue in
the United States, and they contain some of the fastest growing sectors
in the economy. Among the study’s findings are: if the country fails to
invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency, it runs the risk of
losing ground to global competitors. If policy and regulatory barriers
to the sustained development of the industry are not addressed now,
other countries like Germany, Denmark, and China will take the lead and
reap the economic benefits. However, this new report also illustrates
the tremendous opportunity for the United States to harvest these green
collar jobs and how these industries, with the correct support, are
poised to be economic powerhouses for the 21st century.
This briefing is free and open to the public. No
RSVP required. For more information, contact
Neal Lurie at the American Solar Energy Society at [email protected] or
303.443.3130×105 or Leanne Lamusga- EESI,
[email protected] or 202-662-1884.
American Solar Energy Society
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
11/08/2007 at 10:30AM
Originally scheduled for Oct. 17.
Witnesses
- Stephen L. Johnson – administrator, EPA
Panel II
- Ron Curry – secretary, New Mexico Environment Department
- David Doniger – policy director, Climate Center, Natural Resources
Defense Council
- Daniel M. Kammen – director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy
Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley
- John Cline – partner, Troutman Sanders LLP
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
11/08/2007 at 10:00AM
Full committee hearing on Lieberman-Warner
cap-and-trade legislation.
Witnesses
- Peter A.
Darbee,
Chairman of the Board, CEO, and President,
PG&E Corporation
- Jonathan C.
Pershing,
Director, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program Climate and Energy,
World Resources Institute
- Anne E.
Smith,
Vice President, CRA International
- Dr. Margo
Thorning,
Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, American Council for
Capital Formation
- Wiley
Barbour,
Executive Director, Environmental Resources Trust
PG&E and WRI are members of
US-CAP. The Environmental Resources Trust is
connected to Environmental Defense, another US-CAP member.
Thorning has
appeared
regularly
as a minority witness challenging cap-and-trade in previous hearings.
Anne Smith also has appeared as a minority witness challenging
cap-and-trade in a recent House
hearing.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
406 Dirksen
11/08/2007 at 09:30AM
Senate Democrats will hold a news conference to discuss the nutrition
programs in the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 (HR 2419 – Farm,
Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007) and the impact they will have on
children’s health. The bill would expand access to the Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Program and increase funding, grants and research to growers
of fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops. Contact: Jim Manley at
202-224-2939
Participants
- Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
- Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
- Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
- Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
U.S. Senate
S-120 Capitol
11/07/2007 at 02:00PM
The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee (Chairman Johnson,
D-Texas) of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold
a hearing on pending legislation, the Twenty-First Century Water
Commission Act of 2007.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Water Resources and the Environment Subcommittee
2167 Rayburn
11/07/2007 at 10:00AM