Hill Heat

This forum was aired on C-SPAN.

Is the Arctic sea ice cover melting faster than expected? If so, what are the contributing factors and why was the rate of melting unanticipated? How much sea ice cover has been lost in terms of extent and volume? What are the implications of both the loss of sea ice and the rate of loss? Is the Greenland ice sheet losing its mass faster than anticipated? If so, what are the contributing factors and why was the rate of loss unanticipated? What are the implications of continued accelerated ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet with respect to Sea Level Rise? Is the Antarctic Ice Sheet getting bigger or smaller and by how much and how fast? Are there parts of the Antarctic ice sheet that are gaining mass and parts that are losing mass? If so, what are the contributing causes? What are the implications of continued ice mass loss in Antarctica, especially the decay of ice shelves?

• Dr. Mark Serreze, Senior Research Scientist, NOAA National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
• Scott B. Luthcke, Geophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD
• Dr. Konrad Steffen, Professor of Climatology and Remote Sensing and Director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Program Summary

CBO will hold the 2007 Director’s Conference on Climate Change on Friday, November 16, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CBO Director Peter Orszag will host the conference, which will feature leading researchers addressing key questions in the debate on climate change.

• Lawrence Goulder, Stanford University
• Richard Goettle, Northeastern University
• Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future
• Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University

• Howard K. Gruenspecht, Energy Information Administration
• Francisco De La Chesnaye, Environmental Protection Agency
• Henry D. Jacoby, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• John P. Weyant, Stanford University

Space is limited so please register in advance by emailing the CBO Office of Communications contact below.

The Director’s Conference is held each year to bring outside experts together with CBO analysts in a collaborative effort that helps further the agency’s research agenda.

Press Contact: Melissa Merson Director of Communications (202) 226-2602 MMerson@cbo.gov

Join Rainforest Action Network, Coal River Mountain Watch, Appalachian Voices , Rising Tide, Mountain Justice Summer, SEAC and a cast of thousands as we mobilize to stop Bank of America and Citi’s investments in the dirty coal industry for the Day of Action Against Coal Finance.

On November 16th and 17th we are asking anyone and everyone concerned with stopping the US coal rush to join us in taking the message to Wall Street. From flyering and leafletting at your local bank branch or ATM, to creative street theater or non-violent direct action at bank offices – help our climate and communities by demanding clean energy.

Get training and support. We have several conference calls for our network before the event. If you need training, ideas, support, or want to find others in your area – contact us at dirtymoney@ran.org

Download flyers, signs, banners and more. Check out our Action Resources Page.

It’s time to take to the streets and send Bank of America and Citi a strong message that grassroots movements against coal extraction, processing and combustion demand an end to coal financing.

RSVP.

• Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense
• The Honorable Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Ron Sims, King County Executive, State of Washington
• Kevin Book, Senior Analyst and Vice President, Friedman Billings Ramsey & Company, Inc.
• Christopher Berendt, Director, Environmental Markets and Policy, Pace

Kevin Book is a pro-nuclear energy analyst. Chris Berendt (Chris.Berendt@Paceglobal.com) advises companies how to incorporate emissions management into their business.

House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee (Chairman Markey, D-Mass.) will hold a hearing the hear state governors discuss the low-carbon energy future

Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee (Chairman McCarthy, D-N.Y.) of House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on the future of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).