Clear your schedules, this should be good. Today at 2:30 EST, Senator Kerry will report in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his recent trip to Bali for the climate change conference. The only member of congress to attend, the Senator will share his '36 hours in Bali' with the committee, and he and the other SFRC members will hear from witnesses, and question James L. Connaughton, who has the distinction of the most Orwellian title of the Bush administration.
First Witness panelJames L. Connaughton
Chairman, President’s Council on Environmental Quality (!)Second Witness panel
Jim Lyons
Vice President for Policy and Communication, Oxfam AmericaElliot Diringer
Director of International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate ChangeGlen Prickett
Senior Vice President, Conservation InternationalJohn J. Castellani
President, Business Roundtable
In this short clip of his press conference in Bali, Senator Kerry speaks of the need for the United States to lead on finding solutions to the climate crisis.
Kerstin posted previously about a conference call Senator Kerry held after the Bali conference. You can hear audio of the call, which includes friends of KV, Karen and Susan here.
So, what's next? It's pretty clear that the world has given up hope on Bush helping in any meaningful way. After all, someone who doesn't give a damn what happens the polar bear probably doesn't much care what happens to the rest of us, either. So, it's up to the next President and our next, hopefully very blue Congress to change the course and become a leader on climate change.
Take a late lunch. This'll be one worth watching.
