Transportation and infrastructure. Transportation industry representatives testify about their role about shipping personal protective equipment and other essential goods during the pandemic. Today we will hear from these speakers. Thank you all for being here. One of our participants is testifying remotely. Welcome to each and every one of you. We have conducted a series of hearings on covid19. We are hearing those discussions. We are continuing that by hearing about the Transportation Industry. Theave underscored importance of our Transportation Network and moving goods and people safely and efficiently as well as ensuring supply chain fluidity in response to the unexpected events. Manye grateful for the frontline workers who have shown resilience and resourcefulness to help deliver Critical Care supplies to those in need. The transportation sector has countless numbers of these unsung heroes. Introduced a Critical Infrastructure employee protection act. For arcde support frontline C
Good afternoon. The committee will come to order. The today the committee convenes for a hearing on the state of transportation and Critical Infrastructure examining the impact of the covid19 pandemic. I welcome our panel of witnesses and thank them for participating. Today we will hear from mr. John bazella, president and ceo, alliance for automotive innovation. Mr. Randy gill yot, chairman of the board, American Trucking associations. Mr. Ian jeffries, president and ceo association of american railroads. Mr. Alex oler, interim president and ceo interstate Natural Gas Association of america. And mr. Larry willis, president Transportation Trades Department aflcio. Thank you all for being here. I understand, mr. Gilliot is testifying remotely. Welcome to each and every one of you. The committee has conducted several oversight hearings on quid pro quo 19 including a comprehensive look at the aviation industry. We are considering the impact of the covid19 virus on surface transportation a
Welcome to the Program German Industrial Power siemens says it will stay involved in a controversial coal mine in australia the project has faced massive critic criticism by environmentalists as australia is struggling to contain catastrophic bushfires that many linked to Climate Change of head of the company says getting out of the 18000000 euro contract to supply Rail Infrastructure would have been almost impossible. As late as last week siemens chief joe kayser seemed happy to play the environmental awareness card but balancing green issues on the realities of business has proven too much of a challenge after a special meeting on saturday qaiser took to twitter to say siemens had to fulfill its contractual obligations. To keep its promises and make sure its customers saw it as reliable and on the case the indian conglomerate adani would build a mine in australia with or without siemens. The carmichael coal mine will be one of the biggest in the world siemens is providing signalling
Environmental earth around the world have condemned german engineering giant siemens for failing to pull out of a controversial mining project in australia the decision came as somewhat of a surprise just last week siemens boss joe kayser met activists from the fridays for a future movement who urged him to drop the plans they say will cause further environmental damage in a country already devastated by bushfires. We are here we are loud because you are stealing our future these shout these 100 protesters consider siemens decision to participate in an australian coal mining project a historic misjudgment of fridays for future activists say coal energy is outdated. And pretty disappointed that siemens made the decision to invest in this project in australia because i really hope that they would make the right move and make a sign for the world that we can act differently to save the planet same insert new york consider backing out of this contract and in other cases companies have back
He was well aware of the consequences of the project for him to nonetheless decide to go forward with it means he doesnt understand the climate crisis. The siemens boss argues that indian industrial giant adani would have built the mine regardless even without siemens technology. The car Michael Coleman will be one of the biggest in the world siemens is providing signalling technology for a rail line to transport coal to the east. The mind will pump out Carbon Dioxide its emissions output is expected to be equivalent to the c o 2 produced annually by malaysia or austria once the coal is burned it will further add to Global Warming environmentalists are also concerned that it could threaten the Great Barrier reef. Siemens decision to continue its involvement with the mine doesnt reflect current realities according to environmentalist they warn the protests against the company will continue. Lets talk about this with our financial correspondent in frankfurt only bots what do you reckon h