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Illinois senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama’s global warming/energy policy has developed significantly in the past year, from endorsement of coal-to-liquids funding to his policy platform unveiled yesterday.

Summary of Obama’s energy policy:

• 100% auction cap-and-trade with 1990 levels by 2020, 80% cuts by 2050
• $150 billion investment over ten years in clean energy and green jobs
• 2030 goals: reduce U.S. economy energy intensity by 50%, reduce oil consumption by 35%,
• Standards: 25% federal RPS by 2020, all new buildings carbon neutral by 2030, phase out traditional incandescents by 2014
• Smart grid with distributed generation
• Increase CAFE standards to 35 MPG, Renewable Fuel Standard to 36 billion gallons by 2022
• Require 60 billion gallons of biofuels by 2030
• Re-engage in UNFCCC

Panel 1

• Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
• Congressman Richard K. Armey PhD, Chairman, FreedomWorks
• Jerome Ringo, President, Apollo Alliance
• Dr. Wayne Winegarden, Partner, Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics
• Carol L. Berrigan, Director, Industry Infrastructure, Nuclear Energy Institute
• Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures

Panel 2

• Daniel Kammen, Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
• Dr. Kenneth Green, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• David Blittersdorf, Founder, NRG Systems, Inc.
• Mark Culpepper, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, SunEdison
• Donald Gilligan, President, National Association of Energy Service Companies

Submitted Testimony

• Paul Renfrow, Vice President, OGE Energy Corp.
• Dorothy Rothrock, V.P. Government Relations, California Manufacturers & Technology Association

25/09/2007 at 02:00PM

The 2007 Los Angeles Global Warming Forum will take place Thursday, August 16th at Cal State LA from 9:00am – 3:00pm.

Participants at the forum, which is being organized in collaboration with California State University, Los Angeles, will discuss the impacts of global warming on local resources, highlight local and regional initiatives to mitigate impacts, and discuss economic opportunities associated with taking action to improve energy efficiency. Also, exhibitors will display new energy efficiency strategies and new technologies at an expo.

On August 2nd, the House passed The Green Jobs Act of 2007, legislation introduced by Solis to invest in work force training for the green economy. The bill was passed as part of the House Democratic leadership’s energy reform bill – H.R. 3221, the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act.

Cal State University, Los Angeles Golden Eagle Ballroom (3rd floor) 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032

• Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis (CA-32), member of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
• Former Assemblywoman Fran Pavley
• Mayor of Long Beach, Bob Foster
• Van Jones, director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

16/08/2007 at 09:00AM

Tuesday, May 22

2:30 PM: House Energy Independence and Global Warming Green Collar Jobs 2318 Rayburn LIVE WEBCAST Witnesses: Jerome Ringo, President, Apollo Alliance Van Jones, President and Co-Founder Ella Baker Center Elsa Barboza, Campaign Coordinator for Green Industries at the Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE; Los Angeles, CA) Bob Thelen, Chief Training Officer, Capital Area Michigan Works! 2:30 PM: Senate EPW The Case for the California Waiver 406 Dirksen LIVE C-SPAN3 Witnesses: Jerry Brown, Attorney General, Cal. Professor Jonathan H. Adler, Director, Center for Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Honorable Alexander B. Grannis, Commissioner, NY Dept of Environmental Conservation