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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), has scheduled a mark-up on Wednesday, May 2 on the following four energy-related bills: S. 731, requiring DOE to conduct a study on the potential for underground CO2 storage in the United States;S. 962, enhancing the current R&D program at DOE on carbon capture ...

Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, said at a hearing today (5/1) that he is working on a bi-partisan "energy independence" bill, that will, at a minimum, address appliance efficiency standards."  He indicated the Subcommittee "will consider a bill in ...

On March 30, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) and Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) sent a memo to Speaker Pelosi highlighting their efforts to date on climate change.  The memo detailed actions taken by the Committee and the conclusions they have reached so far. This memo ...

On April 19, Reps. Dingell and Boucher published the responses of industry groups, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and labor unions to potential climate change legislation.  The energy industry and environmental organizations had been asked to respond to the implications of a cap-and-trade system and other methods to reduce ...

On Tuesday, April 24, House Ways and Means Select Revenue Subcommittee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) held a second in series of hearings on energy tax incentives, receiving testimony from over 20 Members of Congress, including Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA).  Rep. McDermott, a member of the full committee, testified in support of two bills he ...

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) has introduced legislation that would ban the construction of new coal-fired power plants that are not capable of capturing and storing carbon dioxide.  The "Clean Coal Act" would address the 150 proposed coal-fired plants in the U.S.  Of those, only a little over a dozen would have carbon sequestration ...

At the League of Conservation Voters' annual meeting on April 26, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) outlined the agenda for the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.  She said the new panel will focus on the coastal effects of climate change.  The plan is for the panel to travel to China, India, and Europe to ...

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the Ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, urged caution with regard to climate change legislation during a hearing on April 18 titled, "Geopolitical Implications of Rising Oil Dependence and Global Warming." He said that the debate regarding global ...