May 21-25, 2007

Next week, May 21-25, 2007, the full Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold two hearings on global warming.  Both hearings will take place in the EPW Hearing Room, 456 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

On Tuesday afternoon, May 22, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. EDT, the full committee will hold a hearing entitled "Examining the Case for the California Waiver," exploring California’s petition to regulate global warming pollution from vehicles and its ramifications for other states.  Tuesday’s witnesses will be the Honorable Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, State of California; the Honorable Alexander B. Grannis, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; and Professor Jonathan H. Adler, Director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

On Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the full committee will hear from leaders or outdoor recreation companies and organizations about “The Issue of the Potential Impacts of Global Warming on Recreation and the Recreation Industry.”  A witness list will be available early in the week.

If you can’t attend next week’s hearings in person, we’ll have a live video webcast through the Committee website, https://www.epw.senate.gov.  The website’s also the place to find witnesses’ testimony, along with audio and video archives and Senators’ opening statements from past hearings. 

As always, don’t hesitate to contact me directly if you have questions.

Best regards,

Pete Rafle