BACKGROUND: U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, John Warner (R-VA), and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) will be joined by the members of America's leading religious organizations to discuss the need for action to address the challenge of global warming. These leaders from faith communities across the entire spectrum of religious life in America, represent millions of American religious believers, who are supporting action on global climate change to avert environmental catastrophe and to protect the people who are most vulnerable in the face of a changing climate.
WHEN:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
12:00 PM EDT
LOCATION:
EPW Hearing Room
SD-406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
WEBCAST: Webcast will be available at https://www.epw.senate.gov starting at 12:00 PM EDT
PARTICIPANTS:
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Chairman, Environment and Public Works Committee
Senator John Warner (R-VA)
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection
Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT)
Chairman, Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection
Rabbi David Saperstein
Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Bishop Thomas Wenski
Catholic Bishop of Orlando, Florida
Chairman, Committee on International Policy, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Reverend Jim Ball
Evangelical Environmental Network
Rev. Dr. Mari Castellanos
Minister for Policy Advocacy, United Church of Christ
