Press Conference and Public Hearing on International and Intergovernmental Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                           Contact: Jeff Madden

FEBRUARY 27, 2015                                                                              (512) 463-1211

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

The International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee will have a press conference, followed by a public hearing, on Global Climate Change and Trade.

 

What:             Press Conference and Public Hearing on International and Intergovernmental Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change

 

Where:           Texas Capitol, Speaker’s Committee Room (Press Conference)

Hearing Room E1.014 (Committee Hearing)

 

When:             Monday, March 2, 2015, 9:00 AM Central Time (Press Conference)

10:00 AM Central Time (Committee Hearing)

 

Who:               Invited testimony from the following:

 

• Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti

British Royal Navy (Retired)

 

• Lt. Gen. Ken Eickmann

U.S. Air Force (Retired)

• Dr. Katharine Hayhoe

Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University

• Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon

State Climatologist, Texas A&M, College Station

• Gavin A. Schmidt

Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies