Day Three of Hearings before Senate EPW on Kerry-Boxer

Hearings will start in half an hour before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill. The full schedule can be viewed here. Again, the hearings will be split into four panels.

Panel 1 is a mixed panel, including, for example, the President of Exelon (which describes itself as "the nation's largest electric and natural gas utility" and has its own plan for emissions reduction underway [Ed's note: unevaluated by Ed.]), the President of Environmental Defense (EDF) (which has been active in lobbying for energy efficiency), the President of the Ohio Coal Miner's Association, and the President of the American Farm Bureau Association.

Panel 2 is focused on transportation efficiency and sustainable communities, including several transportation experts and the Executive Director of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (which provides transportation planning and funding for the Sacramento region).

Panel 3 will provide economists' takes on climate policy, from the presidents of the (progressive) Center for American Progress Action Fund, Center for Clean Air Policy, and World Resources Institute, as well as the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Panel 4 is a mixed panel, including the head of the California EPA, the Director of the Climate Center for NRDC, two Union representatives, and two industry executives.

The full schedule can be accessed here, and the hearings heard here.