Hearing: China’s Energy Consumption and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation to Address the Effects of China’s Energy Use

Hearing Co chairs:  Vice Chairman Daniel Blumenthal, Commissioners Richard D’Amato, Dennis Shea, and Peter Videniek

AGENDA

OPENING STATEMENTS

• Opening Statement of Carolyn Bartholomew, Chairman (HTML) (PDF)
• Opening Statement of Daniel Blumenthal, Vice Chairman (HTML) (PDF)
• Opening Statement of Peter Videnieks, Commissioner (HTML) (PDF)
• Opening Statement of C. Richard D’Amato, Commissioner (HTML) (PDF)

Panel I: Administration Perspectives

• Ms. Karen Harbert, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (PDF)
• Ms. Judith E. Ayres, Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (PDF)

Panel II: U.S. National Laboratory Perspectives

• Dr. Jane C.S. Long, Associate Director, Energy and Environmental Directorate,  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA  (HTML) (PDF)

Panel III: Chinese Energy Consumption Patterns and Trends:  A Baseline Assessment

• Dr. Lee Schipper, Director of Research, EMBARQ, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF) 
• Mr. Saad Rahim, Manager, Country Strategies Group, PFC Energy, Washington, DC 
• Mr. Trevor Houser, Visiting Fellow, Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies, China Strategic Advisory LLC, New York, NY  (HTML) (PDF)

Panel IV: The Strategic Consequences for the United States and the World of China’s Energy Consumption

• Dr. James Holmes, Associate Professor, Strategic Research Department, Naval War College, Newport, RI (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Toshi Yoshihara, Associate Professor, Strategic Research Department, Naval War College, Newport, RI (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Mikkal Herberg, Research Director of the Asian Energy Security Program, National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA (HTML) (PDF) 

Panel V:  The Environmental Consequences for China, the United States, and the World of China’s Energy Consumption

• Dr. Jennifer Turner, China Environment Forum Coordinator and Senior Project Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Mun S. Ho, Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC  (HTML) (PDF)

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• Opening Statement of C. Richard D’Amato, Commissioner (HTML) (PDF)

Congressional Perspectives

• Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) (HTML) (PDF)

Panel VI: Gubernatorial Perspectives

• Governor Joe Manchin, West Virginia (HTML) (PDF)
• Governor Brian Schweitzer, Montana  (HTML) (PDF)

Panel VII: Policy Strategies for Addressing the Effects of China’s Energy Consumption

• Ms. Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and Director of the China Clean Energy Program, National Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC 
• Dr. Jeffrey Logan, Senior Associate II Climate and Energy, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Thomas Donnelly, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)

Panel VIII: Administration Perspectives

• Mr. David Helvey, Country Director, China, Taiwan, and Mongolia, International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)

Panel IX:  Private Sector Strategies for Addressing the Effects of China’s Energy Consumption

• Mr. John Sie, Institute for Sino-American International Dialogue, University of Denver, Denver, CO
• Dr. Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director Energy Technology Innovation Project, Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Wayne L. Rogers, Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF) 

Panel X:  U.S.-China Governmental and Nongovernmental Cooperative Programs in Energy and the Environment

• Dr. S.T. Hsieh, Professor, Director of US/China Energy and Environment Technology Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Wei-ping Pan, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY  (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Michael J. Mudd, Chief Executive Officer, FutureGen Alliance, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)

Written Statements Submitted For the Record

• Dr. Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow, Director of Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Mark Levine, Director, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA (HTML) (PDF)