This week, Congress is focused on health care, with climate change policy taking a back seat until sometime this fall when Congress returns from its August recess.  Committees in both the House and Senate will hold hearings in support of efforts to pass climate change legislation.  The House Select Committee on Global Warming holds hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday on clean tech issues, including an increasingly important discussion on protections for intellectual property in a global greenhouse gas agreement.  The Senate Commerce Committee has a Thursday hearing on the Climate Services and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has a reprise of a hearing on climate change and national security.

Tuesday, July 28

The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing entitled “New Technology Solutions - Carbon Capture and Sequestration and Solar” at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.  The hearing will feature next generation solar technology and companies sequestering CO₂ in cement and under the ocean floor.

Wednesday, July 29

At 9:30 a.m. in Room 210 of the Cannon House Office Building, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing entitled “American Energy, American Made: Intellectual Property Rights.” 

Thursday, July 30

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will conduct a hearing on climate change and national security in Room 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

That afternoon the Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a hearing on “Climate Services: Solutions from Commerce to Communities” at 2 p.m. in Room 253 of the Russell Office Building.

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