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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Document 20 - Attachment 1 Event Information Request Form Thank you for your interest in hosting the U.S. Secretary of Energy at your event. To ensure that the appropriate individual within the Department of Energy is participating in your event and because the Office of the Secretary is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards, we need the information requested below before we can agree to confirm a speaker. Please respond to the questions below and send your response to the.secretaryhu.doe.eov. If you have any questions you may contact the Secretary's Scheduling Office at 202-586-5534. Title of the Event (please note if the event is a weekly, monthly, annual, etc.): Cooling the Climate Hysteria: Separating Myth from Fact Date of Event (please note if the date is flexible): May 5, 9, or 13 Event Location (venue, address, city and state/country): Heritage Foundation, 214 Mass Ave NE, Washington DC 20002 Point(s) of Contact (Name, Email, Phone): Briefly describe the event in detail including the purpose and desired role of the Secretary (i.e. deliver keynote remarks, attend an event, meet with attendees etc.): Is the event a fundraiser? If yes, please explain who it is benefiting (i.e. specific charity, a political candidate, etc.): Audience Approximately how many people are expected to attend the event? Diana Furchtgott-Roth, diana.furchtgottroth(iaeritagc.org, (b) (6) We would like the Secretary to deliver a keynote address at the conference on a subject of his choice. The conference will be an academic discussion of climate issues presented by eminent climate scientists. These papers provide scientific evidence that the science is unsettled--that carbon emissions have not caused more wildfires, tornadoes, or hurricanes, nor has these emissions led to sea-level increases. Papers can be found at this link here: https://www.heritage.org/climate-science-advisory. They will be put into a book that will be presented at the conference. No. 125 Please describe the target audience of the event (elected officials, local community leaders, academics, industry representatives, public sector representatives, etc.). Congressional staff, staffers from Washington think tanks and trade associations, media. Sierra Club v. Dept of Energy, 4:25-cv-5027 SC_EVERSPLIT0014529 Will the attendees at the event include persons with a diversity of views or interests, or representatives from throughout an industry or profession, or the range of persons interested in a matter? (If yes, please describe.) Is the event open to the public (this includes ticketed individuals)? If not, please describe who is privately invited. Who are other VIPs or speakers confirmed and in what role? Who are other VIPs or speakers invited? Attendees will share Heritage's views on the topic. Attendees will be invited individually. We will invite from our private lists. This is not generally open to the public. No other VIPs. Only professors who wrote the papers who will be on discussion panels. Speakers Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Heritage Foundation, Introduction Trends in Temperature Changes and the Impact of CO2 Roy Spencer, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama Huntsville Trends and Causes of Sea Level Rise David Legates, Ph.D., Former Professor of Climatology at University of Delaware The Accuracy of Thermometer Records Willie Soon, Ph.D., Center for Environmental Research and Earth Sciences (CERES) What does the Data Tell us about Trends in Precipitation? Demetris Koutsoyiannis, Ph.D. Professor of Hydrology and Analysis of Hydrosystems and Dr. Theano Iliopoulou Adjunct Lecturer, Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering National Technical University of Athens. What does the Data Tell us about Trends in Hurricanes and Tornadoes? Joe D'Aleo, Co-chief Meteorologist, WeatherBell Analytics, LLC Effects of Climate Change on Human Health John Dunn, Visiting Fellow, Heritage Foundation Why the Social Cost of Carbon is the Most Useless Number You've Never Heard of? Sierra Club v. Dept of Energy, 4:25-cv-5027 SC_EVERSPLIT0014530 Dr. Kevin Dayaratna, Chief Statistician, Data Scientist, and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation Effects of Climate Change on Energy Demand Ash Shastri, Enerstrat Remarks If you are requesting remarks, are there any specific issues you would like the Secretary to highlight/address in his remarks? The importance of fossil fuels What is the desired format of his remarks (will he be delivering the keynote, sharing the stage, participating in a panel or roundtable, etc.)? He will deliver the keynote. If he wants, he can take questions. What is the public registration/ticket fee to attend/participate in the event? None. Will there be a teleprompter available? Will there be a podium? Communications/Press Is the event open or closed to press? Yes to both. Open. If open, are you expecting local, state, or national news coverage? Perhaps national. If this is an annual event, which news outlets typically cover the event? Not an annual event. Will you be advertising or live streaming the event on any social media outlets or websites? (If yes, please explain.) C-SPAN might attend. Logistics/Other* Sierra Club v. Dept of Energy, 4:25-cv-5027 SC_EVERSPLIT0014531 If this invitation includes any gifts to the Secretary (e.g., waived registration/conference event fee; meals or refreshments; receptions or other entertainment; informational materials; award; transportation; memento or token of appreciation), please identify them and provide their monetary value. Please also identify how the value was determined. (Please attach separate sheet if necessary.) No gifts. Does the invitation extend to the Secretary's N/A spouse or other guest? If yes, will others in attendance generally be accompanied by a spouse or other guest? Will the Secretary be asked to sign a speaking/participation agreement or release related to this event? If so, please provide a copy. If the Secretary is not able to attend, is a surrogate desired? If yes, anyone specific? No. James Danly Any additional notes or information? Event Host and Sponsor Who is the event host? (Please identify and provide background on the Event host as well as any other organization involved in the Event.) Heritage Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) organization Event host website/url. Is the event host a registered lobbyist or lobbying organization, and/or registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? (If yes, please identify.) www.heritage.org No Is the event host a partisan political candidate, a representative of a political party or a registered political action committee (PAC)? (If yes, please identify.) Is the event host a 501(c)(3) organization or a media organization? (If yes, please identify.) No Yes, see above. Is the event host seeking or currently have any No business interests with the Department such as permits, contracts, litigation, grants, etc.? (If yes, please describe.) Who are the sponsors of the event? Please identify and provide background information on the individual and/or entity. Heritage Foundation Sierra Club v. Dept of Energy, 4:25-cv-5027 SC_EVERSPLIT0014532 Are any event sponsors seeking or do they N A currently have any business interests with the Department such as permits, contracts, litigation, grants, etc.? (If yes, please describe.) With which Bureau or Agency does your agenda N/A most align? Please list all, if more than one. Partisan Political Candidate or Elected Official Participation Will any partisan political candidate or elected No official participate in the event? If so, please identify and explain role. Is the coordination of any elected official's N/A involvement being handled solely by their official staff, or is there any campaign staff involvement or coordination? If a candidate for office or elected official is N/A participating in the event, is the event taking place in their respective district/jurisdiction, and will the entire delegation for the respective district/jurisdiction(s) been invited? If not, please explain. *IMPORTANT NOTE: The purpose of these questions is to elicit information relevant to the ethics analysis and is not a solicitation or request for anything of value by the Department or any of its employees. Sierra Club v. Dept of Energy, 4:25-cv-5027 SC_EVERSPLIT0014533