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11/14/2007 at 10:00AM

11/14/2007 at 10:00AM

House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee (Chairman Markey, D-Mass.) will hold a hearing the hear state governors discuss the low-carbon energy future

11/14/2007 at 10:00AM

Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee (Chairman McCarthy, D-N.Y.) of House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on the future of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

11/13/2007 at 03:00PM

11/13/2007 at 02:30PM

Sen. Kerry presiding.

Witnesses Panel 1

• Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Department of State
• Dan Reifsnyder

Panel 2

• Timothy Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation
• Dr. Richard Sandor, Chairman and CEO, Chicago Climate Exchange
• Dr. Jonathan Pershing, Director, Climate, Energy, and Pollution Program, World Resources Institute

2:40 Kerry The 95-0 vote against the Kyoto treaty was not meant as a rejection of action on climate change.

2:45 Lugar It is critical that the international dialogue on climate change move beyond the disputes of the Kyoto protocols.

2:48 Dobriansky Climate change is a serious problem and humans are contributing to it. We are committed to doing our part. At Bali we will work to launch a new phase in climate diplomacy. The US is committed to concluding this effort by 2009. I recently met with key heads in Bogor, Indonesia. There are four key factors: mitigation, adaptation, finance, and technology. We enter the Bali meeting with an open mind. Our deliberations will be guided by two considerations: environmentally effective and economically sustainable.

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3:46 Reifsnyder The threat of sanctions and tariffs is not popular.

11/13/2007 at 02:30PM

The second full committee hearing on Lieberman-Warner.

Witnesses

• David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Dr. David Greene, Corporate Fellow, Geography and Environmental Engineering, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Robert Baugh, Executive Director, Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO
• Andrew Sharkey, President and CEO, American Iron and Steel Institute
• Donald R. Rowlett, Director of Regulatory Policy and Compliance, OGE Energy Corp.

11/13/2007 at 11:00AM

The events in the Science and Society: Grand Challenges series will be held every Monday night in November from 6pm to 7:30pm in the AAAS Auditorium at 1200 New York Avenue. A reception will start at 5pm.

November 12th’s discussion will be about “Meeting the Global Energy Demand”

Speakers

• John Holdren, Director of the Science, Technology & Public Policy Program at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government
• Lori Ryerkerk, General Manager of Government Relations at the ExxonMobil Corporation.

The first discussion was on “Climate Change”, and future discussions will be on “Managing a Pandemic” and “Containing the Spread of WMDs” and will feature experts from the White House, and the Center for American Progress.

RSVP.

11/12/2007 at 06:00PM

The British-American Business Association is holding an energy briefing & reception on “Climate Change and Energy Policy – UK and US Policy Approaches and Perspectives”.

Panel Moderator:

• Professor Wilfrid Kohl, Director International Energy and Environment Program, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University

Panel

• The Honorable Karen Harbert, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, US Department of Energy [invited]
• David Thomas, First Secretary, Energy & Environment, British Embassy, Washington DC
• John Jimison, Counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, US House of Representatives
• Chelsea Maxwell, Senior Policy Advisor to Senator John Warner of Virginia [invited]

Organized by the BABA Energy and Environment Committee

• 5:30 PM – Registration
• 6:00 – 7:30 PM – Presentation & Networking Reception

British Embassy Rotunda 3100 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC

Price: $40 / person (Members & their Guests) $50 / person (non-Members)

Online registration.

11/08/2007 at 05:30PM

Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and staff will hold an informal briefing on the provisions of America’s Climate Security Act of 2007 (S 2191).

Contact: Poirier, Bettina – Democratic Staff Director at 202-224-8832

11/08/2007 at 04:00PM