Subcommittee Hearing: Impacts of Abandoned Offshore Oil and Gas Infrastructure and the Need for Stronger Federal Oversight.

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Date: Thursday, October 14, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Alan Lowenthal, Chair

On Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 12:00 pm EDT, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host a remote oversight hearing titled, “Impacts of Abandoned Offshore Oil and Gas Infrastructure and the Need for Stronger Federal Oversight.”

For hearing materials and schedules, please visit U.S. House of Representatives, Committee Repository at http://docs.house.gov/.

Chair Lowenthal's opening statement is available here.

Witness List

Dr. Donald Boesch (testimony)

Professor and President Emeritus,

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Annapolis, MD

Dr. Greg Stunz (testimony)

Endowed Chair for Fisheries and Ocean Health, and Professor of Marine Biology

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Texas A&M University

Corpus Christi, TX

Mr. Robert Schuwerk (testimony)

Executive Director, North America Office

Carbon Tracker Initiative

New York, NY

Ms. Jacqueline Savitz (testimony)

Chief Policy Officer, Oceana

Washington, D.C.