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Dr. Pachauri, Nobel-Winning Climate Scientist, to Testify before Select Committee

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 9 AM ET

Contact: Select Committee, 202-225-4081

Markey Panel Hosts Nobel-winning Climate Scientist

Dr. Pachauri, Chair of UN Climate Panel, Brings Urgent Message to Select Committee

For testimony, video and pictures from the hearing, please CLICK HERE.

This Wednesday, Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will host Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in his first appearance before Congress. Last year, under Dr. Pachauri’s leadership, the IPCC produced the seminal review of the science of global warming, its current and potential future impacts and the positive strategies available to help address this looming threat.

Dr. Pachauri will share his views on the urgency of addressing global warming and the issues Congress and other political leaders must consider when crafting climate legislation this year.

WHAT: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming hearing,  “Learning from a Laureate: Science, Security and Sustainability.”

WHO: Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

WHEN: 9:00 AM, Wednesday, January 30, 2008

WHERE: 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
        Audiocast live at globalwarming.house.gov
       Also live on C-SPAN 3

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