THE WHITE HOUSE
   
                  OFFICE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
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   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.
    
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   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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