Representative Neguse Announces Details for House Climate Hearing in Boulder

Washington D.C. — On Colorado Day, Thursday, August 1st, Congressman Joe Neguse will welcome the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis for the Committee’s first congressional field hearing. The hearing on “Colorado’s Roadmap for Clean Energy Action: Lessons from State and Local Leaders,” will be held at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Wittemyer Courtroom on August 1st beginning at 9:00 a.m. MT.

“As a leading public research university, we are honored to host a congressional hearing,” said Chancellor Philip DiStefano.  “The University of Colorado Boulder is a world leader in climate science research, and we welcome when our experts are called upon to testify in this area.”

Further event details can be found below:

WHAT:
House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Hearing on “Colorado’s Roadmap for Clean Energy Action: Lessons from State and Local Leaders”

WHEN: 
Thursday August 1, 2019
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

WHERE:
University of Colorado Boulder
Wittemyer Courtroom
Wolf Law Building
2450 Kittredge Loop Drive
Boulder, CO 80305

Witness List:
Governor Jared Polis
Governor of Colorado

Mayor Suzanne Jones
Mayor of Boulder

Mayor Wade Troxell
Mayor of Fort Collins

Cary Weiner
Colorado State University Extension State Energy Specialist and Director of Rural Energy Center

Heidi VanGenderen
University of Colorado-Boulder Chief Sustainability Officer

Chris Wright
CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services

More witnesses may be added

Livestream can be found here.

Camera preset at 8:00 a.m.

Press are required to RSVP to Sally Tucker at Sally.Tucker@mail.house.gov 

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