Nobel prize-winning economists and scientists will talk about a letter
that they, other economists and scientists, and clean energy business
representatives will deliver to the Senate Thursday, urging lawmakers to
require immediate cuts in global warming emissions. The letter was
signed by more than 2,000 economists and climate scientists, including
eight Nobel laureates, 32 National Academy of Science members, 11
MacArthur “genius award” winners, and three National Medal of Science
recipients. The signers point out that the evidence of climate change is
incontrovertible and the longer we wait to address it, the more costly
the consequences will be. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) will kick off the call
with a statement of support and express the need for Senate action on
clean energy and climate legislation.
Speakers
- Kevin Knobloch, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) president
- Tom Udall, U.S. senator from New Mexico
- Jim McCarthy, biological oceanography professor at Harvard University,
former American Association for the Advancement of Science president,
UCS board member, Nobel prize winner for his
work with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Eric Maskin, economics professor at the Institute for Advanced Study;
winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work on
mechanism design, the theory of how to design institutions for
achieving particular social or economic goals
- Alan Robock, meteorology professor at Rutgers, Nobel prize winner for
his work with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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03/11/2010 at 10:30AM
United Nations, UN Foundation will join with
IPCC scientist to provide commentary on the
announcement of a IPCC review panel and the
state of climate science overall.
Telephone conference call to discuss the consensus behind climate change
science and the context of the InterAcademy Council’s review of
IPCC processes and procedures.
Speakers
- Chris Field, director, Carnegie Institution Department of Global
Ecology, Stanford University
- Janos Pasztor, director of Secretary-General’s Climate Change Support
Team
- Timothy Wirth, president, United Nations Foundation
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District of Columbia
03/10/2010 at 02:45PM
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act invested in projects that
create clean energy jobs while helping families save money on their
energy bills. These investments in renewable energy, efficiency,
weatherization and new technology development have established robust
American energy industries, such as advanced battery technology to power
cars and trucks.
On Wednesday, Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on
Energy Independence and Global Warming will explore some of the clean
energy results from the Recovery Act, and discuss how an American-made
clean energy future can continue.
Witnesses
- Lisa Patt-McDaniel, Director, Ohio Department of Development
- Bryan Ashley, Chief Marketing Officer, Suniva Inc.
- Paul Gaynor, Chief Executive Officer, First Wind Holdings
LLC
- Mary Ann Wright, Vice President and Managing Director, Business
Accelerator Project, Johnson Controls, Inc.
- Brian M. Johnson, Federal Affairs Manager, Americans for Tax Reform &
Executive Director, Alliance for Worker Freedom
House Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee
2141 Rayburn
03/10/2010 at 09:30AM
Witnesses
Panel 1
- Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Panel 2 T* Garry Brown, Chairman, New York State Public Service
Commission and NARUC Committee on Electricity
- Vince Duane, PJM Interconnection L.L.C.
- Joseph Kelliher, Representing the Edison Electric Institute and The
Electric Power Supply Association
- Michael Henderson, Representing the Arkansas rural electric
cooperatives
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen
03/09/2010 at 10:00AM
Witness
- Tom Tidwell, Chief, U.S. Forest Service
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen
02/24/2010 at 10:00AM
Witness
- Lisa Jackson, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection
Agency
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
406 Dirksen
02/23/2010 at 10:00AM