EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulations and Their Effect on American Jobs
Witnesses
Panel 1- Mike Carey, President, Ohio Coal Association
- Paul Cicio, President, Industrial Energy Consumers of America
- Hugh A. Joyce, President, James River Air Conditioning Company, Inc.
- Forrest McConnell, President, McConnell Honda & Acura
- W. David Montgomery, Vice President, Charles River Associates
- Dan Reicher, Executive Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance at Stanford University
- Gina A. McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Overview of the Administration’s Federal Research and Development Budget for Fiscal Year 2012
- Dr. John P. Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
National Leaders’ Call to Action on Transportation
- Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
Green Jobs and Trade
- Paul Cicio, president of the Industrial Energy Consumers of America
- John Danner, president and CEO of Northern Power Systems
- David Montgomery, Vice president of Charles River Associates
- Kate Gordon, vice president of energy policy for the Center for American Progress
Environmental Regulations, the Economy, and Jobs
The hearing will examine how and whether federal regulatory agencies are conducting the type of economic analysis necessary for policymakers to understand how regulations affect employers’ ability to retain workers and hire new ones, and avoid unnecessary cost burdens.
Improving Oil Spill Prevention and Response, Restoring Jobs, and Ensuring our Energy Security: Recommendations from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Witnesses Dr. Donald F. Boesch, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Terry D. Garcia, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Admiral Thad Allen, Ret., national incident commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Ending Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act
House Natural Resources ranking Democrat Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. hold a news conference to announce the “Ending Big Oil Tax Subsidies (EBOTS) Act.”
Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, 202-225-6065 (Markey) or Derek Schlickeisen, 202-225-0820 (Blumenauer)
Public Opposition To Dismantling The EPA
The Natural Resources Defense Council holds a conference call briefing, beginning at 11 a.m., to discuss and release a survey on data that show strong public opposition to “dismantling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) updates to clean-up standards for carbon, smog and other pollution” proposed by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich.
Patricipants- Peter Altman, climate campaign director of the Natural Resources Defense Council
- Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling
Contact: Leslie Anderson, 703-276-3256, landerson@hastingsgroup.com
Call-in, 800-860-2442; ask for the “EPA/Energy and Commerce Committee member surveys” news event. A streaming audio replay of the news event will be available at 4 p.m. February 10 online: http://www.nrdc.org
The Effects of Middle East Events on U.S. Energy Markets
- Richard Newell, administrator of the Energy Information Administration
- Gary Mar, minister-counselor of the Province of Alberta, Canada; Chris John, president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assoc.
- Chris Busch, director of policy and program at the Apollo Alliance
- John Hofmeister, founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy
- Adam Sieminski, chief energy economist at Deutsche Bank AG