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Order. Last hearing of the year here. Theres a lot going on this morning, so i think we will have people popping in and out, but we do have a pretty hard stop at 11 00 this morning. Weve got a series of votes that are beginning at 11 00, and we are going to observe an actual 10 minute clock, we are told. It will be the first time in senate history, but that is the goal this morning. So we want to be able to hear from everyone this morning and have an opportunity for the very, very, very important conversations regarding this issue. We are here to discuss the impact of wildfires on the reliabil...

Now if we take a look at the impact of wildfires on the u. S. Electric grid, mitigation technology, Forest Management and power system reliability. Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. Last hearing of the year here. Theres a lot going on this morning so i think we will have people popping in and out but we do have a pretty hard to stop at 11 00 oclock this morning. A series of votes that are beginning at 11 00 a. M. And we are going to observe an actual ten minute clock, we are told. It will be the first time in Senate History but that is the goal. We want to be able to hea...

Same way they have in the past decade. And will talk more about why this is. Make sure we discuss what our response is going to be to this evolving problem. Weekrchers just last published a major scientific report. The report made it clear if we are ever going to get ahead of the problem the Forest Service needs to respond to wildfires in a fundamentally different way. A self reinforcing cycle of counter effective actions. The same keep using tired approaches we have for the last 100 years. We need to make sure we are focused on getting different results. Common sense tells us our response the...

Without damaging the environment . One possibility is to put the Carbon Dioxide back where it came from in underground rock formations. The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership is investigating this strategy which will help mitigate the effects of the continued use of fossil fuels for energy. Renewable Energy Sources are another option. And in golden, colorado, the Natural Renewable Energy Laboratory is trying to scale up processes for creating biofuels from the products of American Farms their goal is to supply up to a third of the countrys gasoline needs within 25 years. Both pr...

Catastrophic fires have severe longterm impacts to watersheds which are felt far beyond the area directly impacted by the fire. Unlike the more employers the aftermath from the severe fires we are experiencing as a result of the unnatural force conditions increased sediment loads and debris the reduce the Storage Capacity and a reservoirs and affect the predictability of runoff. Increased organics and sediment led to increase capitol. The cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. We know from science and experience and we know we need to act quickly to then overcrowding. The levels of governmen...