developing nations

Thomas Friedman, New York Times Columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, reads from, and discusses, his forthcoming book, Hot, Flat And Crowded, which describes potentially catatrophic effects of global trends of climate change, worldwide economic growth and population increases, and energy consumption. Friedman says U.S. leadership is needed to deal with them.

 

Lights For Good is a program started by Mark Bent that provides solar powered BogoLights to parts of the world that would otherwise be stuck in the dark.

This hearing explores the competitiveness of U.S. industry after planned passage of a cap-and-trade program to control greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change. It also explores how to encourage maximum participation of developing countries in global climate change control.