Washington D.C. (Aug. 3, 2020)—On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a hearing on the health and economic impacts of climate change over the next century if we do not act immediately to limit global warming.

The Committee will hear from Drew Shindell, a leading environmental expert from Duke University, who will reveal new data regarding the number of premature deaths we can expect in the United States without real action to curb climate change.

The Committee will also hear from economist Michael Greenstone—a leading expert who released major findings today on the social cost of carbon and the costs and benefits of environmental quality; Neeta Thakur, a practicing pulmonary care physician with research expertise in the role of social and environmental stressors on asthma and COPD; and Renee Salas, an emergency medicine physician with research expertise in the intersection of climate change, health, and healthcare delivery.

The Committee will also hear from Michael Shellenberger, the founder and president of Environmental Progress, who was invited by Committee Republicans.