Hill Heat

Full committee hearing on Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade legislation.

Witnesses

• Peter A. Darbee, Chairman of the Board, CEO, and President, PG&E Corporation
• Jonathan C. Pershing, Director, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program Climate and Energy, World Resources Institute
• Anne E. Smith, Vice President, CRA International
• Dr. Margo Thorning, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, American Council for Capital Formation
• Wiley Barbour, Executive Director, Environmental Resources Trust

PG&E and WRI are members of US-CAP. The Environmental Resources Trust is connected to Environmental Defense, another US-CAP member.

Thorning has appeared regularly as a minority witness challenging cap-and-trade in previous hearings. Anne Smith also has appeared as a minority witness challenging cap-and-trade in a recent House hearing.

11/08/2007 at 09:30AM

• Dr. Howard Herzog, Principal Research Engineer, MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
• Mr. Charles E. Fox, Vice President, Kinder Morgan CO2 Company, L.P.
• Dr. Sally Benson, Executive Director, Global Climate and Energy Project, Professor, Energy Resources Engineering Department, Stanford University
• Dr. Robert C. Burruss, Research Geologist, Energy Resources Team, U.S. Geological Survey
• Mr. Ron Wolfe, Corporate Forester and Natural Resources Manager, Sealaska Corporation
• Dr. Bryan Hannegan, Vice President, Environment Electric Power Research Institute

11/07/2007 at 02:30PM

Senate Democrats will hold a news conference to discuss the nutrition programs in the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 (HR 2419 – Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007) and the impact they will have on children’s health. The bill would expand access to the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program and increase funding, grants and research to growers of fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops. Contact: Jim Manley at 202-224-2939

Participants

• Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
• Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
• Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

11/07/2007 at 02:00PM

The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee (Chairman Johnson, D-Texas) of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing on pending legislation, the Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2007.

11/07/2007 at 10:00AM

The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will host military and energy experts to examine how a major disruption in oil supply could affect the economy and America’s national security. With near $100 oil and rising gasoline and heating oil costs, America is already teetering on the verge of a major economic crisis. Last week, several energy and military experts came together to hold a “war game” exercise on the geopolitical effects of an oil crisis, called “Oil Shockwave”. Testifying before the committee will be the former head of the EPA, Carol Browner, who was a participant in the oil war game, along with the former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Dennis Blair, who observed the oil shock exercise and is involved in energy security issues.

Witnesses

• Carol P. Browner, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and current Principal of the Albright Group, LLC
• Admiral Dennis Blair, USN (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command

11/07/2007 at 09:00AM

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on whether domestic energy industry will have the available workforce – crafts and professional – to meet our nation’s growing energy needs and if gaps exist, what policies the Congress should take to address these gaps.

Panel 1

• Ms. Emily DeRocco, Department of Labor
• Ms. Patricia Hoffman, Department of Energy
• Ms. Andra Cornelius, Workforce Florida

Panel 2

• Mr. Norm Szydlowski, Colonial Pipeline
• Mr. Paul Bowers, Southern Company
• Dr. Ray Stults, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Ms. Carol Berrigan, Nuclear Energy Institute
• Mr. Jim Hunter, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

11/06/2007 at 10:00AM

Monday, November 5 will be Power Shift Lobby Day. Following the hearing on youth and climate change, Power Shift members will meet with representatives from 10 am to 5 pm, with a noon rally on the steps of the Capitol, and a Congressional reception at 6 PM.

Speakers at the rally will include:

• Global Warming Committee Chairman Ed Markey
• Rep. Chris Van Hollen
• Van Jones, Ella Baker Center
• former EPA Admin. Carol Browner

11/05/2007 at 10:00AM

On Monday thousands of young energy and climate leaders will descend on Capitol Hill to send a message to Congress: we must pass the energy bill before Congress (HR 3221) so we can begin the transition towards a cleaner, safer, more prosperous future without oil dependence or global warming.

The day of events starts with several of these leaders appearing before Chairman Edward J. Markey and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Chairman Markey and those testifying will then travel to the West Lawn of the Capitol to meet thousands of supporters who will call for more green jobs, more renewable energy, and higher fuel economy standards, among other clean energy measures.

Congress is currently considering energy legislation that would raise fuel economy standards for America’s vehicles to 35 miles per gallon by 2020, increase the use of renewable energy, and create millions of new “green collar” jobs.

Witnesses

• Billy Parish, Energy Action Coalition
• Brittany R. Cochran, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative
• Cheryl Lockwood, Alaska Youth for Environmental Action
• Katelyn McCormick, Students Promoting Environmental Students
• Mike Reagan, California PIRG

11/05/2007 at 09:30AM

Brought to you by the group that did the April 14th event up on the hill, this promises to be the biggest DC event! We will meet at the Lincoln Memorial from 1-3 pm for speakers, video petitions and a whole lot of awareness.

Confirmed speakers include Van Jones, head of the Ella Baker Center, and Dr. Beverly Wright of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice.

In I Have a Dream where I’m Biking, bicyclists will be leaving from American University around noon and will be meeting “The Big One in DC” down at the Memorial as they are about to start.

11/03/2007 at 01:00PM

On November 3rd Step It Up will gather at places across the country named after historic leaders to demand that our representatives address four key priorities to stop global warming.

They plan to ask every Senator and Representative, and every candidate for those offices, to come to these rallies, along with state and local officials. Once they’re there, we’ll present politicians with the three “1 Sky” priorities prepared in the last few months by climate campaigners across the country. They are:

• Green Jobs Now: 5 million green jobs conserving 20% of our energy by 2015
• Cut Carbon 80% by 2050: Freeze climate pollution levels now and cut at least 80% by 2050 and 30% by 2020
• No New Coal: A moratorium on new coal-fired power plants

11/03/2007 at 12:00AM