This week the focus of climate change legislation on the Hill will shift from the possibilities surrounding the scheduling of Lieberman-Warner in the Senate, to the agreement between the House and the Senate on a new Farm Bill. The legislative committees with climate change jurisdiction will spend this week on other issues.

On Tuesday, the Select Committee on Climate Change and Energy Independence will hold a hearing on the effect of climate change on the world’s oceans. The hearing is set for 1:30pm, and the witnesses will be Sylvia Earle, National Geographic explorer-in-residence; Vikki Spruill, president and CEO of the Ocean Conservancy; Jane Lubchenco, professor of zoology, Oregon State University; and Joan Kleypas, scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

On Thursday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the regulation of public power holding companies. The witnesses are set to be Joseph Kelliher, chairman, FERC; Suedeen Kelly, commissioner, FERC; Philip Moeller, commissioner, FERC; Jon Wellinghoff, commissioner, FERC; Marc Spitzer, commissioner, FERC; David Owens, executive vice president, Business Operations, Edison Electric Institute, Mark Gaffigan, director, Energy Projects, Division of Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; Scott Hempling, executive director, National Regulatory Research Institute; and James Kerr, commissioner, North Carolina Utilities Commission.

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