Hill Heat

A public hearing on the EPA’s draft rule for greenhouse pollution from existing power plants will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center Main Tower Bridge Conference Area, Conference Room B, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.

The hearing will convene at 9:00 a.m. and end at 8:00 p.m.

Please contact Ms. Pamela Garrett at 919-541-7966 or at [email protected] to register to speak at one of the hearings. The last day to pre-register in advance to speak at the hearings will be Friday, July 25, 2014.

07/29/2014 at 09:00AM

Witnesses

• Dr. Richard S.J. Tol, Professor of Economics, University of Sussex
• Dr. Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
• Dr. Daniel Botkin, Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Dr. Roger Pielke Sr., Senior Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, and Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

05/29/2014 at 11:00AM

Senators Barbara Boxer and Sheldon Whitehouse — co-chairs of the Climate Action Task Force — will kick off the Capitol Hill Climate Action Rally to wake up Congress to climate change. At the rally, they will literally sound the alarm on climate change, by setting alarms on phones, tablets, or hand-held devices to ring at 5 p.m. EST.

05/21/2014 at 05:00PM

Witness

• Ernest Moniz, Secretary, Department of Energy

04/10/2014 at 09:00AM

Witnesses

• Christopher Frangione, Vice President of Prize Development, XPRIZE
• Donnie Wilson, Founder and CEO, Elastec American Marine
• Narinder Singh, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Appirio and President, TopCoder
• Dr. Sharon Moe, President, American Society of Nephrology

04/09/2014 at 10:00AM

04/02/2014 at 10:00AM

Witness

• Dr. Cora Marrett, Acting Director National Science Foundation

03/27/2014 at 10:00AM

Witness

Gina McCarthy EPA Administrator

03/27/2014 at 09:30AM

Witness

• Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

03/27/2014 at 09:00AM

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology will hold a hearing to review President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2015 (FY15) budget request for programs and science agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction.

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), will review the proposed budget in the context of the President’s overall priorities in science, space, and technology and will describe how the Administration determined priorities for funding across scientific disciplines and agencies.

Witness

• John Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President

The following web links are highlights of the President’s FY 2015 budget request:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/Fy%202015%20R&D.pdf

The following web links provides highlights U.S. Global Change Research Program, clean energy programs, and climate change initiatives in the President’s FY 2015 budget request:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/FY%202015%20Climate.pdf

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/fact_sheets/building-a-clean-energy-economy-improving-energy-security-and-taking-action-on-climate-change.pdf

The following web link provides highlights of the Administration’s STEM education programs in the President’s FY 2015 budget request:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/fy_2015_stem_ed.pdf

The following web link provides highlights of the Administration’s proposals for investing in American Innovation in the President’s FY 2015 budget request:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/fact_sheets/investing-in-american-innovation.pdf

03/26/2014 at 10:00AM