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  • President Threatens to Veto Senate Climate Change Bill

    On June 2, the White House released its Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) on S. 3036, Sen. Boxer's revised climate change bill.  The SAP states that the President would veto the bill.  Among the many reasons for a veto, the SAP cites provisions that would:  hurt consumers; severely damage the economy and drive jobs ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on June 3, 2008
  • Senate Begins Debate on Climate Bill, Faces Presidential Veto

    By a vote of 74-14, the Senate voted yesterday (June 2) to "invoke cloture" to proceed to debate on Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer's (D-CA) revised version of the Committee-passed Lieberman-Warner climate change bill, S. 3036.  It is important to note that this vote was a procedural vote and ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on June 3, 2008
  • Markey Releases Climate Change Bill

    On May 28, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), released a new global warming bill that calls for cuts in greenhouse gases which exceed those of the Senate's revised Lieberman-Warner bill, S. 3036.  Markey intends to formally introduce his bill this week.  The bill, called the "Investing in ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on June 3, 2008
  • House Energy and Commerce Committee Issues Fourth Climate Change "White Paper"

    On May 27, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the fourth in a series of "white papers" designed to focus the attention of Committee Members on design features and key issues to be resolved as they craft climate change legislation.  This white paper addresses ways of "Getting the Most Greenhouse Gas Reductions for ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on June 3, 2008
  • Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Announces Hearing on Renewable Transmission

    Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee announced it would hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 17, on regional initiatives facilitating transmission to renewable generation.  The Committee has invited the following organizations to testify at the hearing:  Bonneville Power Administration (BPA); Department of Energy (DOE); ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on June 3, 2008
  • Senate Adopts Bingaman-Warner Fuel Resolution

    On May 22, Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and John Warner (R-VA) introduced a "Sense of the Senate" resolution that calls on the President to reduce gasoline consumption by federal agencies.  They argue that since Americans are altering their lifestyles to accommodate the rising prices, so should the government.  Warner said that ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on June 3, 2008
  • House Water and Power Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Hydropower

    The House Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power has scheduled a hearing for June 12 on hydropower, entitled “Hydropower: providing 75 percent of America’s current renewable energy; exploring its role as a continued source of clean renewable energy for the future.”  This comes as a result of a request ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on June 3, 2008
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