The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is holding a hearing right now, to address climate change, energy policy, greenhouse gas emissions, and to address:
the response of the Bush administration and Congress to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
Panelists are:
Stephen L. Johnson: Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Nicole R. Nason: Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Admin.
Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.: Attorney General, California
Martha Coakley: Attorney General, Massachusetts
You can watch it on C-Span 2 or stream it through C-Span's website.
Democrats:
* Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chairman
* Earl Blumenauer of Oregon
* Jay Inslee of Washington
* John Larson of Connecticut
* Hilda Solis of California
* Stephanie Herseth of South Dakota
* Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri
* John Hall of New York
* Jerry McNerney of California
Republicans:
* James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, Ranking Member
* John Shadegg of Arizona
* Greg Walden of Oregon
* John Sullivan of Oklahoma
* Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
* Candice Miller of Michigan
Markey, Blumenauer, Inslee, Herseth and Cleaver are there and they all made some preliminary remarks. All the chairs to Markey's left are empty.