S. HRG. 110–1026 STATE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL WARMING

HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

MARCH 1, 2007

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ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION BARBARA BOXER, California, Chairman MAX BAUCUS, Montana JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, DAVID VITTER, Louisiana BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri

BETTINA POIRIER, Majority Staff Director and Chief Counsel ANDREW WHEELER, Minority Staff Director

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MARCH 1, 2007 OPENING STATEMENTS Boxer, Hon. Barbara, U.S. Senator from the State of California ...... 1 Inhofe, Hon. James M., U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma ...... 5 Lautenberg, Hon. Frank R., U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey ...... 42 Voinovich, Hon. George V., U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio ...... 44 Klobuchar, Hon. Amy, U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota ...... 46 Thomas, Hon. Craig, U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming ...... 48 Sanders, Hon. Bernard, U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont ...... 49 Bond, Hon. Christopher S., U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri ...... 50 Clinton, Hon. Hillary Rodham, U.S. Senator from the State of New York ...... 52 Craig, Hon. Larry E., U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho ...... 53 Cardin, Hon. Benjamin L., U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland, prepared statement ...... 138 Lieberman, Hon. Joseph I., U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut, pre- pared statement ...... 147 WITNESSES Corzine, Hon. Jon S., Governor, State of New Jersey ...... 54 Prepared statement ...... 56 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Thomas ...... 59 Senator Inhofe ...... 60 Perata, Hon. Don, President Pro Tem, California State Senate ...... 80 Prepared statement ...... 81 Nun˜ ez, Hon. Fabian, speaker, California State Assembly ...... 82 Prepared statement ...... 84 Response to additional questions from Senator Inhofe ...... 104 Adkins, Dennis, chairman, House Committee on Energy and Technology, Oklahoma State House ...... 104 Prepared statement ...... 106 Harvey, Hon. Ted, Senator, Colorado State Senate ...... 108 Prepared statement ...... 109 Nickels, Hon. Greg, Mayor, City of Seattle, WA ...... 110 Prepared statement ...... 112 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Cardin ...... 124 Senator Inhofe ...... 124 Cownie, Hon. Frank, Mayor, City of Des Moines, IA ...... 125 Prepared statement ...... 126 Homrighausen, Hon. Richard P., Mayor, City of Dover, OH ...... 128 Prepared statement ...... 130 Responses to additional questions from Senator Inhofe ...... 133 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Reports: EPA, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990– 2004, April 15, 2006 ...... 68

(III) IV Page —Continued United Nations Foundation, The Scientific Research Society, Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Un- avoidable, February 2007 ...... 30–41 Letters from: Schwarzenegger, Arnold ...... 3 California Economists ...... 85 Bruton, John, Ambassador, European Union, Dele