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Hearing 3/16: Clearing the Smoke - Black Carbon Pollution

Select Committee to hold hearing on impacts and solutions to black carbon pollution

Black carbon is a particle pollutant -- a component of soot and smoke -- that is emitted during the burning of fossil fuels and biomass. Finding solutions that reduce black carbon pollution is an important step in the fight against climate change.

On Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing entitled: “Clearing the Smoke: Understanding the Impacts of Black Carbon Pollution.” Witnesses for this hearing will be by invitation only.

WHAT: Select Committee Hearing, "Clearing the Smoke: Understanding the Impacts of Black Carbon Pollution"

WHEN: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 – 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:  1310 Longworth House Office Building, Washington DC, and online.

WITNESS LIST:
Tami Bond, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Drew Shindell, Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Conrad Schneider, Advocacy Director, Clean Air Task Force

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 This is an archived version of the website, to ensure that the public has ongoing access to the Select Committee record.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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