Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearings start Tuesday

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Sen. Boxer on “Telling the Whole Story on Global Warming” plus the witness list for her marathon hearings this week on the clean energy bill
October 26, 2009

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works launches a full week of hearings this week on the climate and clean energy bill. You’ll certainly want to tune in (at the EPW website) for first hearing Tuesday, 9:30 ET to hear:

* Energy Secretary Steven Chu;
* Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood;
* Interior Secretary Ken Salazar;
* U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson; and
* Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff.

Wellinghoff in particular may be the best Obama appointment you never heard of, who said in April of new nuclear and coal plants: “We may not need any, ever.” I’ll repost the full witness list for Wednesday and Thursday at the end.

First, however, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), EPW chair, has a great piece on HuffPost on “Telling the Whole Story on Global Warming” — on making sure that we don’t just talk about the cost of action but also talk about the cost of inaction:

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