Martin Luther King III to Discuss Impact of Climate, Oil Dependence on “Vulnerable Communities”

Poor Areas Hit Hardest by Impacts Foreshadow World’s Possible Future

Many of the world’s poorest communities are also the ones most in danger from these twin challenges. Whether it is geographic location in low-lying areas, or rough economic conditions made even worse by unstable or high energy prices, or the severe health effects of a warming earth, global warming and oil dependence hit these communities hard. Witnesses will discuss these challenges, as well as the solutions available to these problems.

WHAT: Select Committee hearing: "Energy and Global Warming Solutions for Vulnerable Communities."

WHERE: 1100 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
or on the web at globalwarming.house.gov

WHEN: Thursday, October 18, 2007, 11 AM ET

OPENING STATEMENT: Edward J. Markey, Chairman

WITNESS LIST:

Mr. Martin Luther King III, C.E.O, Realizing the Dream, Inc.
Mr. Mike Williams, Board Member, National Tribal Environmental Council
Mr. Amjad Abdulla, Assistant Director General, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Water, Government of the Republic of Maldives
Dr. Eileen Gauna, Professor, University of New Mexico