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Witnesses

• Siva Yam, President, United States of America-China Chamber of Commerce
• John Isbell, Global Director of Delivery Logistics, Nike
• Ray Kuntz, Chief Executive Officer, Watkins and Shepard Trucking, On behalf of the American Trucking Associations
• Edward Wytkind, President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

On January 31, 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a significant departure from its clean coal initiative, FutureGen. Originally conceived in 2003, FutureGen was touted as a pollution-free power plant of the future intended to showcase cutting-edge technologies to address climate change and advance the President’s hydrogen initiative.

Panel I

• C. H. “Bud” Albright, Under Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy

Panel II

• Jeffrey N. Phillips, Program Manager, Advanced Coal Generation EPRI
• Ben Yamagata, Executive Director, Coal Utilization Research Council
• Paul W. Thompson, Senior Vice President, Energy Services, E.ON U.S. LLC

• Jonathan Patz, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Environmental Studies & Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin- Madison
• Kristie Ebi, Ph.D, M.P.H.., President, ESS LLC
• John Balbus, M.D, M.P.H.., Chief Scientist and Program Director, Environmental Defense Fund
• Ambassador John W. McDonald, Chairman and CEO, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy

Panel I:

• Honorable Richard E. Stickler, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, United States Department of Labor
• John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panel II:

• J. Davitt McAteer, Esq., Vice President of Sponsored Programs, Wheeling Jesuit University
• Cecil Roberts, International President, United Mine Workers of America
• Bruce Watzman, Vice President, Safety and Health, National Mining Association

Witness

• David R. Hill (Nominated to be Assistant Administrator (General Counsel) for the Environmental Protection Agency)

Please join the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming for a Staff Briefing on distributing emission credits under a carbon cap-and-trade system. This briefing is open to all staff and the public.

Speakers

• Jason Furman—Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Director of the Hamilton Project
• James Barrett—Executive Director, Redefining Progress
• Stephen Smith—Executive Director, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

Coal gasification can provide an efficient, clean, and versatile way to generate electricity and other energy products from coal as an alternative to traditional generation methods. The process allows for the removal of pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen compounds that contribute to smog and acid rain, and the capability to capture carbon dioxide without releasing it into the atmosphere. The Subcommittee will examine coal gasification technologies, including the challenges and advantages over traditional technologies, and the need for large scale integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) demonstration projects that feature carbon capture and sequestration.

Witnesses

• John Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
• James Childress, Executive Director, Gasification Technologies Council
• Joseph P. Strakey Jr., Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Michael J. Mudd, Chief Executive Officer, FutureGen Alliance, Inc.
• David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Mr. John Novak, Executive Director, Federal and Industry Activities, Environment and Generation, The Electric Power Research Institute