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Representatives of the coal, oil, and gas lobby met yesterday at the United States Energy Association’s “State of the Energy Industry” conference at the National Press Club in Washington. They agreed that Lieberman-Warner may be the best legislation they can hope for, especially if issues like polar bear habitat set the standard for legislation.

Katherine Ling reports for E&E Daily that David Parker, president and CEO of the American Gas Association, said “Who would you rather have writing a bill in the Senate? I might guess it may set a tone for business to fully work with the Senate this year.” He continued that “the polar bear habitat is going to really drive this [climate change] debate. We all have a big education job to do and I think we need to do it collectively.”

Bill Scher has further commentary at Blog for Our Future.

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.

12/11/2007 at 06:00PM

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on whether domestic energy industry will have the available workforce – crafts and professional – to meet our nation’s growing energy needs and if gaps exist, what policies the Congress should take to address these gaps.

Panel 1

• Ms. Emily DeRocco, Department of Labor
• Ms. Patricia Hoffman, Department of Energy
• Ms. Andra Cornelius, Workforce Florida

Panel 2

• Mr. Norm Szydlowski, Colonial Pipeline
• Mr. Paul Bowers, Southern Company
• Dr. Ray Stults, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Ms. Carol Berrigan, Nuclear Energy Institute
• Mr. Jim Hunter, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

06/11/2007 at 10:00AM

On Thursday, October 18, 2007, the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) will hold a House briefing on the release of the third in a series of 21 reports to advance climate science research. Coordinated by the U.S Department of Energy (DOE), this Synthesis and Assessment Product report, numbered 4.5 and titled “Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States,” summarizes what is known about potential effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States.

• Dr. William J. Brennan, Acting Director of the Climate Change Science Program
• Dr. Jeffrey S. Amthor, DOE Office of Science, Coordinator of CCSP Report 4.5
• Dr. Thomas J. Wilbanks, CCSP 4.5 Report Lead Author, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

18/10/2007 at 03:00PM

On Thursday, October 18, 2007, the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) will hold a Senate briefing on the release of the third in a series of 21 reports to advance climate science research. Coordinated by the U.S Department of Energy (DOE), this Synthesis and Assessment Product report, numbered 4.5 and titled “Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States,” summarizes what is known about potential effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States.

• Dr. William J. Brennan, Acting Director of the Climate Change Science Program
• Dr. Jeffrey S. Amthor, DOE Office of Science, Coordinator of CCSP Report 4.5
• Dr. Thomas J. Wilbanks, CCSP 4.5 Report Lead Author, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

18/10/2007 at 01:00PM