Morgan Meguire News

On April 25, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the tax implications of combating climate change.  In his opening statement, Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) indicated that the Committee was interested in several aspects of the pending cap-and-trade proposals, including how the tax code should treat the allowances, how much revenue ...

On April 21, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) sent a letter to Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), John Warner (R-VA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and James Inhofe (R-OK) commenting on the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill.  In the letter, the group stated support for a federal bill that is economy-wide, but ...

Recently, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) met with Mark Crisson, the President & CEO of the American Public Power Association (APPA), along with other heads of associations and companies to discuss issues related to climate change.  As a follow-up to the meeting, Crisson sent a letter to Sen. Dorgan in which he expanded on their conversation and ...

On April 24, Chairman of the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Rick Boucher (D-VA) said that the Republican leadership is not allowing the rank-and-file Republicans to enter negotiations on a mandatory cap-and-trade bill.  Boucher said that without the support of Republicans, he doubts that legislation is possible.  Boucher ...

According to a report that was released on April 23 by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), political appointees have interfered with the work of hundreds of U.S. EPA scientists over the past five years. Approximately two-thirds of the 1,600 staff scientists who were surveyed said that they experienced political interference with their ...