Hill Heat

Full committee hearing.

Witness:

• Rostin Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

03/06/2024 at 10:00AM

The purpose of this hearing is to assess the United States’ leadership in weather forecasting and modeling. The hearing will discuss the impacts of the Weather Act of 2017 and the Weather Act Reauthorization of 2023 in bolstering U.S. competitiveness in the global weather community. This hearing will also discuss the coordination and collaboration of government agencies, the private sector, and academia to implement programs that advance new technologies related to data assimilation and modeling.

Hearing charter

Witnesses:

• Dr. Neil Jacobs, former acting Trump NOAA Administrator, 2019-2021
• Dr. Kevin Petty, Chief Executive Officer, Aeris LLC
• Dr. Scott Weaver, Chief Executive Officer, CLIMET Consulting

03/06/2024 at 10:00AM

Full committee hearing.

Witnesses:

• Dina Esposito, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development
• Dr. Cary Fowler, Special Envoy for Global Food Security, United States Department of State

03/06/2024 at 10:00AM

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “National Transportation Safety Board Investigations Report” with testimony from NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 10:00 AM EST.

Witness:

• Jennifer Homendy, Chair, National Transportation Safety Board

03/06/2024 at 10:00AM

TIME AND DATE: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 9:45 a.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be webcast on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

STATUS: This meeting will begin at 9:45 a.m. (ET) and will be open to the public via webcast on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

• The Commission will consider whether to adopt amendments to the national market system (NMS) stock order execution disclosure requirements of Regulation NMS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would expand the scope of entities subject to Rule 605, modify the categorization and content of order information reported under the rule, and require reporting entities to produce a summary report of execution quality.
• The Commission will consider whether to adopt rules to require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports.

03/06/2024 at 09:45AM

Join Axios for an event in Washington, D.C., convening policy and business leaders to talk about the real impact the IRA has on clean energy industry growth and how it will influence future investment.

Axios senior climate reporter Andrew Freedman, energy reporter Ben Geman, and Axios Pro energy and climate reporter Nick Sobczyk will host one-on-one conversations with:

• Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
• Mike Levin, Representative, California’s 49th Congressional District, Member, House Veterans’ Affairs, Natural Resources Committees
• John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy

Axios will host a View from the Top segment with:

• Dawn Lippert, CEO, Elemental Excelerator & Founding Partner, Earthshot Ventures
• Allen Blue, Co-founder, LinkedIn

Livestream link here.

9:00 am ET | Doors open. Coffee & breakfast served

9:30 am – 10:30 am ET | Mainstage conversations

10:30 am ET | Event concludes

The Showroom 1099 14th St NW Washington, D.C., 20005

03/06/2024 at 09:00AM

It’s a People’s House Party! Join People’s Action, SURJ and Seed The Vote to hear what you can do to elect and defend progressive leaders up and down the ballot in 2024, with grassroots leaders from Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York and more, Sulma Arias and Marta Popadiak from People’s Action, U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Juanita Lewis from Community Voices Heard, and more special guests.

Join us as People’s Action, SURJ, Seed the Vote, and champions like U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman launch the next phase of our fight to elect working class champions and block the assault on our movement led by AIPAC and other right-wing corporate donors.

If you’re ready for a real democracy led by poor and working class people and which answers to all of us, not just the very wealthy, the most important thing you can do next week is join our event and find out how you can get in the fight.

03/05/2024 at 07:00PM

Join The Hill & American Conservation Coalition for their inaugural partnership program, looking at young conservative and progressive environmental youth leaders. We will conduct a deep-dive conversation discussing environmental justice, nuclear energy, permitting reform, green jobs, and natural climate solutions.

RSVP for the livestream.

Speakers:

• Nalleli Cobo, Progressive Environmental Activist
• Isaias Hernandez, Environmental Educator; Creator, QueerBrownVegan
• Chris Johnson, Managing Director, Young Conservatives for Carbon Dividends
• Joe Pinion, CEO, Pinion Media Group; Conservative Clean Energy Strategist
• Sierra Quitiquit, Skier & Climate Activist
• Isaac Michael Ybarra, Progressive Climate Activist & Artist
• Jeff Luse, Policy Analyst & Deputy Editor, C3 Solutions
• Isabel Brown, Conservative Social Media Influencer

Moderator:

• Julia Manchester, National Political Correspondent, The Hill

Partner Perspective:

• Chris Barnard, President, American Conservation Coalition
• Kristy Drutman, Founder, Brown Girl Green; Co-Founder, Green Jobs Board

02/29/2024 at 02:00PM

Science Committee Investigations & Oversight Subcommittee hearing entitled “Examining the Risk: The Dangers of EV Fires for First Responders.”

• Dan Munsey, Fire Chief, San Bernardino County Fire Department
• Dr. Judy Jeevarajan, Vice President and Executive Director, Electrochemical Safety Research Institute at UL Research Institutes

02/29/2024 at 10:30AM

Full committee hearing.

Witness:

• Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

02/28/2024 at 02:30PM