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THE WHITE HOUSE

OFFICE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, June 7, 1993

PUBLIC WORKSHOPS SET FOR CLIMATE CHANGE GROUP Seeking Broad Participation as Policy is Developed JUNE 10, 11 AT SHERATON WASHINGTON HOTEL

WASHINGTON -- Nearly 300 people representing a broad range of perspectives have been invited to participate in workshops June 10 and 11 focusing on innovative ideas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000, meeting President Clinton's Earth Day directive.

The Interagency Climate Change Mitigation Group, created to craft policies to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, will host the June 10 and 11 workshops at the Sheraton Washington Hotel.
Invitations to the workshops have been extended to experts from industry, state and local governments, labor, environmental organizations, and academia.

"We are interested in hearing from people with many different perspectives, and learning about innovative, new ideas that can help us craft a creative and cost-effective policy," said Kathleen McGinty, Director of the White House Office on Environmental Policy which is coordinating this effort.

The workshops open June 10 with a plenary session involving participants from the six working groups of the Interagency Climate Change Mitigation Group: Energy Supply; Energy Demand; Transportation; Methane and Other Greenhouse Gases; Greenhouse Gas Sinks; and International Joint Implementation. Senior Administration officials will describe the overall policy objectives and how the workshops will contribute information to developing policy. In the afternoon June 10, individual workshops will be conducted around the working groups. There will be 11 workshops during the two-day conference.

On June 11, workshop sessions will continue to explore issues raised during the plenary session.

The plenary session and all of the workshops are open to the public. For registration forms call: Tina McKinley (615) 576-3418.

Media interested in covering the event should contact Tina McKinley for more information at (615) 576-3418 or by fax at (615) 576-9383.

NOTE: A list of the working group chairs follows.

CLIMATE CHANGE WORKING GROUP CHAIRS

Working Group I: Energy Supply

Richard Rosenzweig
Chief of Staff for the Secretary
US Department of Energy

Working Group II: Energy Demand

Dirk Forrister
Special Assistant to the Secretary for Policy US Department of Energy

Karl Hausker
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation US Environmental Protection Agency

Working Group III: Transportation

Joseph Canny
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs
US Department of Transportation

Richard Morgenstern
Acting Assistant Administrator
Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation US Environmental Protection Agency

Susan Tierney
Assistant Secretary for Policy
US Department of Energy

Working Group IV: Methane and Other Gases

Michael Shapiro
Acting Assistant Administor for Air and Radiation US Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation

Working Group V: Sinks

James Lyons
Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment US Department of Agriculture

Working Group VI: Joint Implementation

Daniel Reifsnyder
Director
Office of Global Change
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental/Scientific Affairs
US Department of State ##

SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS
June 10-11, Sheraton Washington Hotel

Energy Supply Working Group

Energy Supply Workshop

Energy Demand Working Group

Residential Energy Demand Workshop
Commercial Energy Demand Workshop
Industrial Energy Demand Workshop

Transportation Working Group

Auto/Light Truck Workshop
Commercial Transportation Workshop
Transportation Infrastructure Workshop

Methane and Other Greenhouse Gases Working Group

Methane Workshop
Other Greenhouse Gases Workshop

Greenhouse Gas Sinks Working Group

Sinks Workshop

Joint Implementation Working Group

Joint Implementation Workshop

For registration forms (Public and Press) call

Tina McKinley
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (615) 576-3418 (phone)
(615) 576-9383 (fax)

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