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Hearing 4/16: Investing in Climate Solutions: Venture Capitalists Turning a Green Path into Gold

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR 2 PM, WED., APRIL 16

Contact: Select Committee, 202-225-4081

Select Committee Hearing: Investing in Climate Solutions

Venture Capitalists Turning a Green Path into Gold

On Wednesday, April 16, Chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing on the seeding of the renewable energy future from private financial investment. With the urgency of addressing our climate crisis and economic troubles increasing, and an administration and certain elements of Congress still recalcitrant to enacting renewable energy and climate policies, the role of private investment to spur immediate growth in renewable energy and green jobs is essential.

WHAT: Select Committee hearing: “Green Capital: Seeding Innovation and the Future Economy.”

WHEN: 2 PM ET, Wednesday, April 16, 2008

WHERE: 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC and on the web at globalwarming.house.gov

WHO:
Mr. Dan Braun, Director, Global Environmental Finance
Mr. David Prend, Co-founder and Managing General Partner, RockPort Capital   Partners
Mr. Daniel R. Abbasi, Director, MissionPoint Capital Partners
Other witnesses to be announced.

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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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