TUNE IN to Dodd Hearing on Strategies for Sustainable Development

JUNE 16, 2009  - You can tune in this morning as Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, holds a hearing on "Greener Communities, Greater Opportunities: New Ideas for Sustainable Development and Economic Growth."  (http://banking.senate.gov at 9:30 am.)

This was also the subject of CTLCV's annual conference in December 2008.

Earlier this year, Dodd sent a letter to President Obama urging him to establish a White House Office of Sustainable Development to coordinate housing, transportation, energy, and environmental policies. 

The Committee will discuss how a comprehensive approach to development could best address a number of serious problems facing the nation - the costs of traffic congestion, a lack of affordable housing, and the threat of climate change.         

Each year Americans spend billions of hours stuck in traffic, wasting billions of gallons of gasoline.  The average price of gasoline in America has risen to $2.66, and in Connecticut alone prices are up 30 cents since last month.

Watch the hearing live at 9:30 online at http://banking.senate.gov.

WHO:        Chairman Chris Dodd and Senate Banking Committee Members
                 Ray LaHood, Secretary, U.S. Dept of Transportation
                 Shaun Donovan, Secretary, U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development
                 Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

WHEN:      Tuesday, June 16, 2009 @ 9:30 A.M.

WHERE:   On the web live at http://banking.senate.gov
                from 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building