CCC to Co-Host U.S. Senate Briefing. CCC, July 8, 2009. "Effective Climate Policy with Direct Carbon Pricing," Monday, July 13, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 208-209. The briefing is on enacting meaningful climate legislation in the wake of the narrow plurality for the Waxman-Markey bill in the House and its uncertain prospects in the Senate. It will address the science, economics and politics of getting from the compromised House bill to a simpler architecture with brighter prospects for enactment that can gather broad support and be effective as part of an international carbon pricing system for preventing catastrophic climate change. Speakers: James Hansen, PhD: Director, Goddard Institute of Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Robert Shapiro, PhD: Former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs; Janet Milne, JD:Professor of Law, Vermont Law School; author of The Reality of Carbon Taxes in the 21st Century. Cecil Corbin-Mark:Policy Director, We Act, New York City; Chair, Environmental Justice Leadership Forum on Climate Change. Brent Blackwelder, PhD: President, Friends of the Earth. Moderator. Online registration: PriceCarbon.org.