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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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); ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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