Public Hearing on Proposed Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule 1
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold two public hearings on the proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions thresholds defining when Clean Air Act permits would apply to new or existing industrial facilities. This program would cover nearly 70 percent of the nation’s total GHG emissions from stationary sources. The nation’s largest facilities, including power plants, refineries, and cement production facilities, that emit at least 25,000 tons of GHGs a year would be required to obtain operating and construction permits.
The hearings will be held on November 18 in Arlington, Va. and November 19 in Rosemont, Ill. Both hearings will begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 7:00 p.m. local time.
Arlington, Va.
Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
Note: Anyone attending the Arlington hearing will need to bring photo identification.
Scientists and Evangelicals Share Concerns on Climate Change
Please join us at our upcoming Senate briefing, bringing together four prominent scientists and four leading evangelical Christians to share their concerns about climate change. Rarely have these two groups spoken with one voice, but they are coming together with a shared sense of urgency about the profound implications of climate change for human health and for the natural support systems that sustain all life on Earth, and about the political paralysis in Washington on this issue.
Speakers- Dr. Eric Chivian, Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
- Rev. Richard Cizik, President, New Evangelicals
- Dr. Jim McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Progressor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard University
- Rev. Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland Church, Chairman of the Creation Care Advisory Team, National Association of Evangelicals
- Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair for Marine Science, Smithsonian Natural Museum of History
- Rev. Gerald Durley, Senior Pastor, Providence Missionary Baptist Church of Atlanta
- Deborah Fikes, Executive Advisor, World Evangelical Alliance
- Dr. Tom Lovejoy, chief biodiversity adviser to the president of the World Bank, senior adviser to the president of the United Nations Foundation, and president of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
International aspects of global climate change
- Dr. Michael Levi, Council on Foreign Relations
- Nigel Purvis, Climate Advisers
- Karen Harbert, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Taiya Smith, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Jake Colvin, National Foreign Trade Council
Kerry, Lugar, Ban Ki-moon Discuss Climate Change
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and lead author of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will hold a joint press conference following a meeting on global climate change. They will discuss the steps leading up to December’s international negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark.
CONTACT: Jodi Seth/Whitney Smith, 202-224-4159
Climate Change Legislation: Considerations for Future Jobs
- Abraham Breehey, Director, Legislative Affairs, Department of Government Affairs, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
- Carol Berrigan, Director, Industry Infrastructure, Nuclear Energy Institute
- Kenneth P. Green, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Margo Thorning, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, American Council for Capital Formation
- Van Ton-Quinlivan, Director,Workforce Development and Strategic Programs, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions - Postponed
- Dr. Ray Kopp, Resources for the Future
- Dr. Ted Gayer, The Brookings Institution
- David Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Jonathan Banks, Clean Air Task Force
- Dr. Daniel Sarewitz, Arizona State University
Geoengineering: Assessing the Implications of Large-Scale Climate Intervention
- Dr. Ken Caldeira, Senior Scientist, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Dr. John Shepherd, School of Ocean & Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton
- Lee Lane, Co-director, AEI Geoengineering Project, the American Enterprise Institute
- Dr. James Fleming, Professor and Director of Science, Technology and Society, Colby College
- Dr. Alan Robock, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Designing a Cap-and-Trade System for the United States
Attention to U.S. climate legislation is increasing on Capitol Hill. In June of this year, the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act introduced by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), and the Senate is considering a similar proposal by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). With international climate negotiations scheduled in Copenhagen for December, many view U.S. action on this issue as critical to a successful outcome. As a result, the central debate is no longer about the need for action, but about the form our actions will take.
On November 4, the Brookings Institution will host a discussion on a new series of papers on U.S. climate policy design. Each paper tackles a different design topic, but they all share a common set of goals: to acknowledge the complexity inherent in climate policy; to explain the fundamental challenges involved in addressing a particular set of design features; and to suggest a credible path forward, calling attention to tradeoffs where they exist. Panelists will focus on such issues as emissions reduction targets, cost containment measures, oversight of the carbon derivatives market, the allocation of emissions allowances and provisions to mitigate the impacts on trade-exposed industries.
After the panel, participants will take audience questions.
3:30 pm–3:45 am
Welcoming Remarks and Introduction
Charles Ebinger, Senior Fellow and Director, Energy Security Initiative, The Brookings Institution
3:45 pm–5:00 pm
Panelists
- Bryan Mignone, Fellow (on leave), The Brookings Institution
- Adele C. Morris, Fellow and Policy Director, Climate and Energy Economics Project, The Brookings Institution
- Carolyn Fischer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
- Richard Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
- Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance and Energy Markets Director for the Global Energy Management Institute, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
To RSVP for this event, please call the Office of Communications at 202.797.6105 or click here.
The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
S. 1733, The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by U.S. Senator, Barbara Boxer (D – CA), will reconvene the business meeting on Wednesday, November 4 to consider S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Then the business meeting will recess to conduct a briefing for the full committee on the legislation.
Copenhagen and Beyond: Is there a Successor to the Kyoto Protocol?
Witnesses
Panel I
- Todd D. Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State
Panel II
- Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund
- Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Steven Groves, J.D., Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow, The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, The Heritage Foundation