September 20, 2010 – With international tensions over clean energy trade and competition increasing, there has never been a more pivotal time to assess America’s place in the global clean energy race.

Next Wednesday, Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing to examine the form and scale of investments in the clean energy sector, where these investments are occurring around the world, what is driving them, the broader economic and employment implications of these investments, and the challenges to growing an American clean energy sector.

WHAT: Select Committee hearing: “The Global Clean Energy Race”

WHEN: Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: 2325 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC and on the web at globalwarming.house.gov

WHO:
Mark Fulton, Global Head of Climate Change Investment Research, Deutsche Bank
Michael Liebreich, Chief Executive, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Ravi Viswanathan, General Partner, New Energy Associates
Tom Carbone, Chief Executive Officer, Nordic Windpower

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