national security

Senator Lieberman describes the process of bringing the Climate Security Act to the Senate floor, and the need for the measure on environmental, economic and national security grounds. The legislation would establish a national cap-and-trade system to regulate carbon emissions.

John Mizroch, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Department of Energy (DOE),  discusses the various projects underway within EERE, including researching and developing the use of biomass such as switchgrass and zero energy homes and buildings. He also explains how improving energy efficiency in buildings and furthering development of lithium batteries for vehicles is important for the United States' national security.

Decentralization of national power grid and broad use of solar power and other renewable energy sources could boost National Security of the nation and optimally addresses the problem of global warming and climate changes.

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett delivers his 39th Special Order on peak oil, discussing the common cause of different interests that want to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

The purpose of this hearing is to examine current thinking on the nature and magnitude of the threats that global warming may present to national security, and to explore the ways in which climate-related security threats can be predicted, forestalled, mitigated, or remedied.