Hearing 4/16: Investing in Climate Solutions: Venture Capitalists Turning a Green Path into Gold
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR 2 PM, WED., APRIL 16
Contact: Select Committee, 202-225-4081
Select Committee Hearing: Investing in Climate Solutions
Venture Capitalists Turning a Green Path into Gold
On Wednesday, April 16, Chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing on the seeding of the renewable energy future from private financial investment. With the urgency of addressing our climate crisis and economic troubles increasing, and an administration and certain elements of Congress still recalcitrant to enacting renewable energy and climate policies, the role of private investment to spur immediate growth in renewable energy and green jobs is essential.WHAT: Select Committee hearing: “Green Capital: Seeding Innovation and the Future Economy.”
WHEN: 2 PM ET, Wednesday, April 16, 2008
WHERE: 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC and on the web at globalwarming.house.gov
WHO:
Mr. Dan Braun, Director, Global Environmental Finance
Mr. David Prend, Co-founder and Managing General Partner, RockPort Capital Partners
Mr. Daniel R. Abbasi, Director, MissionPoint Capital Partners
Other witnesses to be announced.
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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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