Hill Global Warming Week: Schweitzer, Google, Funding, More!<http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/2/26/194848/521>Tuesday 2/2710 AM: Senate Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Appropriations:_Agriculture,_Rural_Development,_Food_and_Drug_Administration,_and_Related_Agencies_Subcommittee> *2008 US Department of Agriculture Budget Hearing* 192 Dirksen
The US Department of Agriculture includes the Forest Service (see below) and farm subsidies for biofuels. *Witnesses (partial list)* - *Mike Johanns*, Secretary of Agriculture, former Nebraska governor - *Charles Conner*, Deputy Secretary, corn industry lobbyist - Dr. *Keith Collins*, Chief Economist - *W. Scott Steele*, Budget Officer 10 AM: Senate Finance <http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Finance> *America's Energy Future: Bold Ideas, Practical Solutions* 215 Dirksen Half the witnesses will emphasize synth-fuels; the other half energy efficiency efforts. This should be a genuinely informative hearing. *Witnesses* - Sen. *Max Baucus* (D-MT) - Sen. *Charles Grassley* (R-IA) - Governor *Brian Schweitzer*, D-MT --his Daily Kos diary of carbon sequestration and coal gasification<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/7/125754/8360> - *Michael A. Aimone*, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, U.S. Air Force-- synth-fuels<http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123032225> - *Dan Arvizu*, Ph.D., Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory<http://www.nrel.gov/> - *Robert Socolow*, Ph.D., Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation Initiative <http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ecmi/>, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ - *Dan Reicher*, Director, Energy and Climate Initiatives, Google Corp., Mountain View, CA --former Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy<http://www.newenergycapital.com/nec_the_team.html> Wednesday 2/289:45 AM Senate Energy and Natural Resources<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Energy_and_Natural_Resources> *2008 Forest Service Budget Hearing* 366 Dirksen *Witnesses* - *Mark Rey*, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, timber industry lobbyist<http://www.nativeforest.org/campaigns/public_lands/rey_5_30_02.htm> - *Abigail Kimbell*, Forest Service chief, purger of whistleblowers<http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=817> USDA Forest Service global warming programs include: - Southern Global Change Program <http://www.sgcp.ncsu.edu/> - Northern Global Change Program<http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/climate_change/> - Climate Change Tree Atlas <http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/atlas/> The dreary budget numbers for Forest Service research: in 2006, $301 million; in 2007, $303 million; in 2008, $285 million. 10 AM: House Energy and Commerce: Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/House_Energy_and_Commerce:_Energy_and_Air_Quality_Subcommittee> *Review of Administration Energy Proposal for the Transportation Sector* 2123 Rayburn No information available yet on this hearing, chaired by Rick Boucher of Virginia. 10:30 AM: Senate Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Appropriations:_Defense_Subcommittee> *2008 Department of Defense Budget Hearing* 106 Dirksen I'm including this hearing because the DOD funds a tremendous amount of energy research, but somehow I think this hearing will focus on something other than that. 1 PM: American Meteorological Society <http://ametsoc.org/> *Anticipating Abrupt Climate Changes: Are Our Perceptions Consistent with the Evidence?* 385 Russell AMS's open monthly global warming lectures at the Capitol continue with another interesting one. Is the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation in danger of shutting down in the near future and if so, what are the likely consequences? What do observations, current understanding of ocean processes, and models tell us about the likelihood of such an event in the near and distant future? What is the current understanding of long-term droughts and what drives them? How well are historic droughts faithfully reproduced in the current generation of models? Is there sufficient forecasting skill to estimate the likelihood of long-term droughts in the Southwestern U.S. and in the sub-tropics, in general? If so, what is the outlook? *Panel* - Dr. M. Susan Lozier<http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/lozier.html>, Professor and Chair, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC -- ocean circulation - Dr. Richard Seager<http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/people/seager/>, Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY -- Climate mythology: The Gulf Stream, European climate and Abrupt Change<http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/gs/> 2:30 Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Commerce,_Science_and_Transportation> *2008 NASA Budget Hearing* 253 Russell NASA's research satellites are the global gold standard for climate observation <http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/>, as is their modeling<http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/modeling/>. The budget submitted by Bush continues to cripple research<http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2007_02_23/caredit_a0700025/%28parent%29/68>. The budget request seeks a 5% increase to NASA's budget--but all the extra money would go to the agency's various exploration-related programs. The crippling of our science funding under Bush is just criminal and will be yet another element of his long-lasting legacy of destruction. Thursday 3/19:30 AM: Senate Energy and Natural Resources<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Energy_and_Natural_Resources> *Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook* The Annual Energy Outlook 2007 <http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html>presents a projection and analysis of US energy supply, demand, and prices through 2030. The projections are based on results from the Energy Information Administration's National Energy Modeling System. Big fun numbers on fossil, nuclear, alternative energy projections. Paging Jerome à Paris.... 10 AM: Senate Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Appropriations:_Commerce,_Justice,_Science,_and_Related_Agencies_Subcommittee> *Department of Commerce Budget Hearing* 192 Dirksen The Department of Commerce includes NOAA, home to the National Weather Service and the National Climatic Data Center<http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/about.html>, the world's largest active archive of weather data. The NOAA Climate Program<http://www.climate.noaa.gov/>incorporates the Office of Global Programs, the Arctic Research Office, and the Climate Observations and Services Program and coordinates climate activities across all NOAA. Commerce also includes the National Institute of Standards and Technology<http://www.technology.gov/>. The president's budget for $640.7 mil budget for NIST calls for $5 million<http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/meas_climatechange2008.htm>to be spent on aerosol and solar irradiance data collection, both secondary factors in the global warming problem but popular with skeptics and $10 mil<http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/enabling_hydrogen.htm>on hydrogen fuel cell research. 10 AM: Senate Energy and Public Works<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Energy_and_Public_Works> *State, Regional, and Local Perspectives on Global Warming* 406 Dirksen No information yet on who's going to appear in the next round of the fabulous Boxer-Inhofe circus. 10:30 AM: House Energy and Commerce: Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/House_Energy_and_Commerce:_Environment_and_Hazardous_Materials_Subcommittee> *EPA Budget Hearing* 2322 Rayburn The EPA Global Change Research Program<http://cfpub.epa.gov/gcrp/about_ov.cfm>has four areas of emphasis: (1) human health; (2) air quality; (3) water quality; and (4) ecosystem health. 21% of the $7.2 billion 2008 budget<http://www.epa.gov/ocfo/budget/2008/2008bib.pdf>is allocated for "Clean Air and Global Climate Change" efforts. - $117.9 million for EPA's climate change programs - $44 million for Energy Star programs - $5 million for the Asia Pacific Partnership to support international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and - $4.4 million for Methane to Markets to promote methane recovery and use at landfills, coal mines and natural gas facilities. 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