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Hearing 3/19: Getting from Point A to Point Green

Select Committee Hearing on Green Transportation Policies

Please note, this hearing will NOT be webcast.

With global warming, clean energy and job-creating infrastructure projects high on the agenda for Congress and the Obama administration, and our nation’s primary transportation bill up for Congressional reauthorization, green transportation measures are gaining increasing attention. America’s transportation sector is responsible for approximately one-third of our country’s heat-trapping carbon emissions.

With these political and environmental factors as a backdrop, Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Vice Chair Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) announced the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing on how various transit modes and the methodology and materials to build our transportation system can reduce global warming and cut our dependence on oil and other fossil fuels.

WHAT: Select Committee hearing titled, “Constructing a Green Transportation Policy: Transit Modes and Infrastructure.”

WHEN: Thursday March 19, 2009, at 9:30 AM

WHERE: 2203 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC

WHO:
Panel One:
Peter Varga, CEO, Interurban Transit Partnership, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Andy Clark, Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists
Chris Zimmerman, Arlington County, Virginia Board Member
Mr. John Boesel, President and CEO, CalStart

Panel Two:
Don Weaver, Association of General Contractors Highway Division Chairman
Erika Guerra, Holcim (US) Inc.
Domenic G. Ruccolo, Senior Vice President, Construction and Forestry Division, John Deere

PLEASE NOTE: The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming was created to explore American clean energy solutions that end our reliance on foreign oil and reduce carbon pollution.

The Select Committee was active during the 110th and 111th Congresses. This is an archived version of the website, to ensure that the public has ongoing access to the Select Committee record. This website, including external links, will not be updated after Jan. 3rd, 2010.

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