Hearing Alert: (3.12.08) Nuclear Power: Solution or Illusion and (3.13.08) MASS v. EPA with Admin. Johnson
THE SELECT COMMITTEE WILL HOLD TWO HEARINGS the WEEK of MARCH 10th
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR 9:00 AM, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
Contact: Select Committee, 202-225-4081
Select Committee Hearing—Nuclear Power in a Warming World: Solution or Illusion?
For Testimony, Photos and Video from this hearing, please CLICK HERE.
On March 12, 2008, Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing at 9:30 AM. in a room TBD entitled “Nuclear Power in a Warming World: Solution or Illusion?” This hearing will explore the degree to which nuclear power could provide a solution for addressing climate change.
The contemplated future role of nuclear power in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions will clearly require a monumental capital investment, many years if not decades of planning and construction, extensive international coordination, and substantial assumption of risk by the general public and by investors. This hearing will examine the feasibility of achieving such a nuclear expansion, the costs and benefits of this nuclear path, and whether nuclear power can play a leading role in solving the climate challenge.
WHAT: Select Committee hearing: “Nuclear Power in a Warming World: Solution or Illusion?”
WHO:
Amory Lovins, Cofounder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Sharon Squassoni, Senior Associate in the Nonproliferation Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
David Lochbaum, Director of the Nuclear Safety Project for the Union of Concerned Scientists
WHEN: 9:30 AM ET, Wednesday, March 12
WHERE: Cannon House Office Building, Room 311, Washington, DC
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MEDIA ADVISORY FOR 9:30 AM, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
Contact: Select Committee, 202-225-4081Markey, Select Committee Hosts EPA Admin. Johnson on Global Warming, Mass. v. EPA
Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming will hold a hearing on Thursday March 13, 2008 with EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and other experts to discuss EPA and the Bush administration’s response to the landmark Supreme Court decision Massachusetts v. EPA.
WHAT: Select Committee hearing, “Massachusetts v. U.S. EPA Part II: Implications of the Supreme Court Decision.”
WHO:
Panel I
--The Honorable Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Panel II
--The Honorable Roderick Bremby, Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
--The Honorable Josh Svaty, Kansas House Member
--Lisa Heinzerling, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
--David Bookbinder, Chief Climate Counsel, Sierra Club
--Peter S. Glaser, Partner, Troutman Sanders
WHEN: 9:30 AM ET, Thursday, March 13, 2008
WHERE: 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
**PLEASE NOTE: This hearing will NOT be webcast online.
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