Going Once, Going Twice . . . Select Committee to Examine Pollution Auction System in Climate Cap-and-Trade Bill
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR 9:30 AM, WED., JANUARY 23rd
Contact: Select Committee, 202-225-4081
Going Once, Going Twice . . . Select Committee to Examine Pollution Auction System in Climate Cap-and-Trade Bill
To read testimony and see pictures and video from the hearing, please CLICK HERE.On Wednesday, January 23rd, Chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing entitled “Cap, Auction, and Trade: Auctions and Revenue Recycling Under Carbon Cap and Trade.” This hearing will examine the potential role of auctioning tradable pollution allowances under a cap-and-trade system to reduce global warming pollution, instead of giving them away for free to polluters – and potential uses for the tens of billions of dollars that could be generated through such auctions.
WHAT: Select Committee hearing: “Cap, Auction, and Trade: Auctions and Revenue Recycling Under Carbon Cap and Trade”
WHO: Hon. Ian Bowles, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Peter Zapfel, Coordinator for Carbon Markets and Energy Policy, European Commission – Environment Directorate General
Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress
Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget Policies and Priorities
WHEN: 9:30 AM, Wednesday, January 23, 2008
WHERE: 2128 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
or on the web at globalwarming.house.gov
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