JOINT HEARING 6/25: Intelligence Subcommittee and Select Committee to Examine National Security Implications of Global Warming
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008, 9:30 AM
CONTACT:
Select Committee, (202) 225-4081
HPSCI, (202) 225-7690
JOINT HEARING 6/25: Intelligence Subcommittee and Select Committee to Examine National Security Implications of Global Warming
First-ever Government Analysis of Security Risks From Warming World to be Discussed
On Wednesday, June 25, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and the Intelligence Community Management (ICM) Subcommittee, will hold a joint hearing on “National Security Implications of Global Climate Change.”Members will hear and discuss the results of the first-ever U.S. Government analysis of the security threats posed by global warming.
WHAT: Joint Hearing on the National Security Implications of Global Warming
WHO:
PANEL ONE
Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council
Mr. Rolf Mowatt-Larsen, Director, Intelligence and Counterintelligence, U.S. Department of Energy
PANEL TWO
Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett, MP, Former Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom
VADM Paul Gaffney, President, Monmouth University and Former President, National Defense University
Dr. Kent Hughes Butts, Professor of Political-Military Strategy, Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College
Marlo Lewis, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Lee Lane, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
WHERE: 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
WHEN: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 9:30 AM
The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming was formed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to increase the visibility and priority given to America's oil dependence and global warming challenges. It is chaired by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and will actively explore the solutions, science and progress on these pressing issues during the 110th Congress.
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