U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Hearing on “China’s Green Energy and Environmental Policies”
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The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, April 8, 2010 on “China’s Green Energy and Environmental Polices.” The hearing will begin at 9:00 am in Room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, located at First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington DC, 20510.
The April 8 hearing will examine China’s domestic and international clean energy policies and the potential for cooperation between the United States and China on climate change and clean energy technologies.
Scheduled to testify on April 8 are the Honorable David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. Jennifer L. Turner, Director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center; Dr. Stephen A. Hammer, Executive Director of the Energy Smart Cities Initiative at the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy; Mr. Thomas R. Howell, Partner at Dewey and LeBoeuf LLP; Dr. Elizabeth Economy, Director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations; Ms. Angel Hsu, Doctoral Student at Yale University; Mr. Rob Bradley, Director of International Climate Policy at the World Resources Institute; Mr. L. Cartan Sumner, Jr., Vice President of International Government Relations at Peabody Energy; and Mr. Dennis Bracy, CEO of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Forum. A copy of the complete hearing agenda is attached at the end of this press announcement.
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Dennis C. Shea
What: Public Hearing on “China’s Green Energy and Environmental Policies.”
When: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 9:00 am to 2:30 p.m.
Where: Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building, First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington DC 20510
Panelists’ bios and written statements will be available on the Commission’s Web Site atwww.uscc.gov on Thursday, April 8, 2010.
Reservations are not required to attend – seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Hearing on “China’s Green Energy and Environmental Polices”
Thursday, April, 8, 2010
Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Dennis C. Shea
9:00 am – 9:05 am Commissioners’ Opening Statements
9:05 am – 9:50 am Panel I: Administration Perspectives
- Hon. David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
- Hon. Michelle J. Depass, Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (submitting written testimony)
10:05 am – 11:15 am Panel II: China’s Domestic Environmental Policies
- Dr. Jennifer L. Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
- Dr. Stephen A. Hammer, Executive Director, Energy Smart Cities Initiative, Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy, New York, NY
- Mr. Thomas R. Howell, Partner, Dewey and LeBoeuf LLP, Washington, DC
11:25 am – 12:35 pm Panel III: China’s International Environmental Policies
- Dr. Elizabeth Economy, Director of Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY
- Ms. Angel Hsu, Doctoral Student, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Mr. Rob Bradley, Director of International Climate Policy, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC
12:35 pm – 1:20 pm Lunch Break
1:20 pm – 2:30 pm Panel IV: U.S.-China Cooperation on Green Energy
- Mr. L. Cartan Sumner, Jr., Vice President of International Government Relations, Peabody Energy, St. Louis, MO
- Mr. Dennis Bracy, Chief Executive Officer, U.S.-China Clean Energy Forum, Seattle, WA
- Mr. Albert Tramposch, Deputy Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, VA (invited)
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