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Two Select Committee Briefings: Sept 25 and 26

Tuesday September 25th, 2007


Select Committee to Examine Dramatic Changes in Arctic
Briefing Coincides with Report that Sea Ice Melting at Record Rate

Contact: Select Committee, 202 225-4012


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming will hold a briefing on Tuesday, September 25, at time 9:00 A.M. in room 1302 Longworth House Office Building.  The briefing is entitled “The Melting Arctic: Global Warming’s Impacts on the Polar Region.”


WHAT:     Briefing on “The Melting Arctic: Global Warming’s Impacts on the Polar Region”

WHERE:     1302 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC

WHEN:     Tuesday, September 25, 9:00 AM

WHO:

  • Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chair, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
  • Stanley Tocktoo, Mayor, Shishmaref, Alaska
  • Dr. Robert W. Corell, Program Director, The Heinz Center
  • Dr. Sue Haseltine, Associate Director for Biology, USGS
  • Dr. Glenn Juday, Professor of Forest Ecology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Deborah Williams, Alaska Conservation Solutions

 

SEPTEMBER 26th, 2007


United Nations Top Climate Negotiators to Appear Before Global Warming Panel


Contact: Select Committee, 202 225-4012

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming will hold a briefing on Wednesday, September 26, at 10:00 A.M.  The briefing is entitled “Forging a Global Solution for Global Warming: International Perspectives,” and will feature the United Nations Special Envoys on Climate Change.


WHAT:     Briefing with Select Committee and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change: “Forging a Global Solution for Global Warming: International Perspectives”

WHERE:    2175 Rayburn HOB and on the web at globalwarming.house.gov

WHEN:     Wednesday, September 26, 10:00 A.M.

WHO:
  • Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chair, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
  • Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, former Prime Minister of Norway and former chair of the World Commission of Environment and Development
  • Mr. Ricardo Lagos, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, former Chilean President
  • Mr. Han Seung-soo, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and former President of the UN General Assembly
  • Mr. Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

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.

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