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AISI Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing on Global Steel Sectoral Approach to Climate Change
On June 20, AISI hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill—attracting more than 60 attendees including staff from 15 congressional offices—to discuss the global steel sectoral approach to climate change. The briefing was held in conjunction with the International Iron and Steel Institute's (IISI) environmental meetings taking place in Washington, D.C. Global steel representatives discussed with Hill staff, federal agency staff and reporters the importance of adopting a global sectoral approach that will set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the world, without giving any one nation or region a competitive advantage over another. The representatives also discussed why current cap-and-trade proposals do not have global reach, and will, therefore, not solve the problem of climate change. Speakers at the briefing included: Joseph Wesselman, environmental director, North American operations, SSAB; Ian Christmas, secretary general, IISI; Scott Salmon, general manager, governmental affairs, United States Steel Corporation; Hiroyuki Tezuka, general manager, climate change technology, JFE Steel Corporation; Carlos Pineiro, corporate environmental manager, Techint Group; and Elliot Diringer, Pew Center on Global Climate Change. A video of the briefing is available on AISI's Web site, www.steel.org, along with the speakers' presentations. The video will also be made available on YouTube, EnergyPolicyTV and other online sites. For more information, contact Nancy Gravatt. |
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