AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and The Heritage Foundation will host an event, How Climate Policy Hurts the Poor, TODAY, Monday, September 21, 2015 at 12:00 pm EDT at The Heritage Foundation’s Lehrman Auditorium. The panel will discuss the particular impact of the high cost of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) on the poor.
Experts estimate the CPP will have a significant impact on the cost of electricity to all consumers and businesses. The poorest and most vulnerable members of society will be disproportionately harmed by spikes in energy prices. Europe is already experiencing energy poverty by which families and the elderly are being forced to choose between eating and heating. This panel will examine what needs to be done to ensure Americans do not have to choose between heating and eating.
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The Honorable Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director, Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Mario Lopez, President, Hispanic Leadership Fund Harry Alford, President, National Black Chamber of Commerce E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D., Founder and National Spokesman, The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation Nicolas Loris (Host), Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow, The Heritage Foundation |
| WHAT: |
How Climate Policy Hurts the Poor |
| WHEN:
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TODAY, Monday, September 21, 2015 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT |
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The Heritage Foundation’s Lehrman Auditorium 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 |
For additional information and to register, click here.
The Honorable Kathleen Hartnett White is a Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and the Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment. She is also former Chairman for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (2001-2007).
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit, free-market research institute based in Austin, Texas.