Representatives of more than 100 major American corporations are descending on the Capitol to urge Congress to act quickly on climate change legislation. Events and advertising buys from two business coalitions highlight this week's energy agenda, following last week's introduction of the Kerry-Boxer legislation.

The umbrella business group We Can Lead is hosting a two-day conference in Washington this week, where a reported 150 corporate leaders are slated to attend meetings with top White House and congressional leaders. The participating companies represent a wide range of business interests, including Exelon, Duke Energy, Starbucks and eBay. On Wednesday morning, the execs are scheduled to meet with Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke at the White House, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is speaking at a dinner Tuesday evening.

Several of the same companies involved in WCL's efforts, including Duke Energy, Austin Energy and Public Service Enterprise Group, are also involved in a seven-figure advertising push. The new print ad, running in national and inside-the-beltway publications, urges the Senate to "pass clean energy legislation with a cap on greenhouse gas emissions this year."

Congress itself, though, has a decidedly slower week than the last when it comes to energy. No major hearings are scheduled specifically addressing the legislation Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and John Kerry, D-Mass., introduced last week. Boxer has indicated that her Environment and Public Works Committee will likely begin markup at the end of the month.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is slated to vote Thursday on some of the remaining nominees for the administration's energy and environment team, including Joseph Pizarchik to be director of the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; John Norris to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Jose Antonio Garcia to be director of the Energy Department's Office of Minority Economic Impact. Environment & Energy Daily (subscription) has more on these nominations.

A House Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing scheduled for Wednesday looks at the "growing U.S. trade in green technology."

The Commission on Climate and Tropical Rain Forests is holding a press conference on Wednesday to call on the administration and Congress to protect forests as part of climate change policy. Scheduled speakers include former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., Center for American Progress President John Podesta, Nature Conservancy President Mark Tercek and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Thomas Pickering.