The Coal Baron Blockade
On April 9th we will engage in a mass, nonviolent direct action at the power plant that burns all of Senator Joe Manchin’s fossil fuel – where he earns $500,000 per year while killing climate legislation.
Through a large-scale act of civil disobedience that “breaks through” the noise and the social media clutter, we can not just move one specific player, but shake the ground on which the game is played. We can help elevate climate change to the center of the domestic agenda – and make this crisis impossible for the White House and Congress to ignore.
We chose the Grant Town Power Plant specifically because we need the world to know how corrupt Joe Manchin is. He is not some thoughtful, grandfatherly, moderate. He is raking in $500,000 per year from his coal company while single-handedly gutting climate legislation. He also directed his appointees to raise electricity rates on us working-class West Virginians in order to keep his coal business afloat.
The Scope And Scale Of Critical Mineral Demand And Recycling
The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the scope and scale of critical mineral demand and recycling of critical minerals.
Witnesses- David Howell, Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Joe Britton, Executive Director, Zero Emission Transportation Association
- R. Scott Forney III, President, General Atomics, Electromagnetic Systems Group
- J.B. Straubel, Founder and CEO, Redwood Materials
- Dr. Duncan Robert Wood, Vice President, Strategy & New Initiatives
Nominations of David Uhlmann and Carlton Waterhouse for EPA, and Pending Legislation
Business meeting to consider the following items:
- David Uhlmann to be Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Carlton Waterhouse to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste of the Environmental Protection Agency
- S.2372, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2021
- S.3742, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2022
- S.3743, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act
- 11 GSA Resolutions
FY2023 Member Day
- Sylvia R. Garcia (D-Texas), in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s State and Tribal Assistance Grants Programs
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-W.V.), in support of the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (D-American Samoa) in support of an increase for the American Samoan operations account at the Department of Interior Office of Insular Affairs
- Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) in support of the State and Volunteer Fire Capacity Programs
Cost-Saving Climate Solutions: Investing in Energy Efficiency to Promote Energy Security and Cut Energy Bills
This hearing will explore how investments in energy efficiency can save Americans money, reduce carbon emissions, and promote energy security.
Witnesses- Paula R. Glover, President, Alliance to Save Energy. Glover leads a diverse coalition of stakeholders to find lasting, consensus-based energy efficiency solutions. She has helped the Alliance secure billions of dollars in federal funding for energy efficiency programs, amplified its work on energy justice, and worked to advance the next generation of technologies. Glover previously served as the President and CEO of the American Association of Blacks in Energy.
- Darnell Johnson, CEO and President, Urban Efficiency Group (UEG). Johnson leads Illinois’ first native, minority-owned utility implementation and sustainability design firm. His work with UEG has assisted thousands of underserved residents in Northwest Indiana, the greater Chicagoland, and Milwaukee to reduce their energy burden by delivering energy efficiency and community sustainability services while working toward carbon neutrality.
- Sara Baldwin, Director of Electrification Policy, Energy Innovation. Baldwin leads the firm’s electrification policy practice area, providing research and analysis on the pathways to electrify and decarbonize buildings, transportation, and industry. Before joining Energy Innovation, Baldwin served as V.P. of Regulatory for the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and as a Senior Policy Associate for Utah Clean Energy.
- Dave Schryver, President & CEO, American Public Gas Association (APGA). Schryver leads APGA’s work to represent the interests of America’s publicly owned natural gas local distribution companies before Congress, federal agencies, and other energy-related stakeholders. He previously worked for the American Public Power Association and managed the Government Affairs Department for Colorado Springs Utilities.
Nominations of Beth Geer, Robert Klein, and L. Michelle Moore to be Members of the Board of Directors, of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Ben Wagner to be Inspector General, of the Tennessee Valley Authority
The nominations were announced nearly a year ago, April 20, 2021.
Nominees to be Members of the Board of Directors, of the Tennessee Valley Authority- Beth Geer
- Robert Klein
- L. Michelle Moore
- Ben Wagner
Advancing Public Transportation in Small Cities and Rural Places under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Ryan Daniel, Chief Executive Officer, St. Cloud Metro Bus
- Scott Bogren, Executive Director, Community Transportation Association of America
- Baruch Feigenbaum, Senior Managing Director, Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation
Kigali Amendment and other treaties
The Kigali Amendment aims for the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by cutting their production and consumption. Given their zero impact on the depletion of the ozone layer, HFCs are currently used as replacements of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); however they are powerful greenhouse gases.
Treaties- Amendments to the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America (Treaty Doc. 115-3)
- Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Croatia comprising the instrument as contemplated by Article 3(2) of the Agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union, signed June 25, 2003, as to the Application of the Treaty on Extradition signed on October 25, 1901 (the “U.S.-Croatia Extradition Agreement”), and the Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Croatia comprising the Instrument as contemplated by Article 3(3) of the Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of America and the European Union signed at Washington on June 25, 2003 (the “U.S.-Croatia Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement”), both signed at Washington on December 10, 2019 (Treaty Doc. 116-2)
- Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the “Montreal Protocol”), adopted at Kigali on October 15, 2016, by the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the “Kigali Amendment”) (Treaty Doc. 117-1)
Witnesses
PANEL I
- Major General Vaughn Ary (ret.), Director of the Office of International Affairs, Department of Justice
- Richard Visek, Acting Legal Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
- Dr. John Thompson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Jim Sousa, President of the American Tunaboat Association, Director at GS Fisheries
- Stephen Yurek, President and CEO, Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI)
FY2023 Regional Tribal Organizations Public Witness Day
- Harold Frazier, Chairman, Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association
- Francis Kirk, President, United South and Eastern Tribes
- Julie Kitka, President, Alaska Federation of Natives
- Serrell Smokey, President, Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc.
Gouged at the Gas Station: Big Oil and America's Pain at the Pump
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, chaired by Rep. Diane DeGette (D-Colo.), will hold a hybrid hearing that includes both in-person and remote attendance on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at 10:30 a.m.
Witnesses- David Lawler, Chairman and President, bp America, Inc.
- Michael K. Wirth, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron Corporation
- Richard E. Muncrief, President and Chief Executive Officer, Devon Energy Corporation
- Darren W. Woods, Chief Executive Officer, ExxonMobil Corporation
- Scott D. Sheffield, Chief Executive Officer, Pioneer Natural Resources Company
- Gretchen Watkins, President, Shell USA, Inc.
- H.R. McMaster (U.S. Army, retired), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University