Morgan Meguire News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that while he expects a House-Senate conference on an energy bill to take place this Fall, it will likely not occur until October, after the Senate completes debate on the FY 2008 appropriations bills.  Once a conference does begin, it is expected to be more difficult than originally ...

On September 5, Reps. James Oberstar (D-MN) and Steven LaTourette (R-OH) circulated a "Dear Colleague" letter requesting Members support on a letter to the President asking him to release the remaining balance of $151.5 million in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) contingency fund.  The President has until ...

On September 4, Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) sent a letter to his colleagues criticizing climate change legislation recently released by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) - both members of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW).  In the letter, Bond also calls for a federal pre-emption of state and regional carbon cap ...

In a letter (9/10/07) sent by the International Emission Trading Association (IETA), President and CEO Andrei Marcu strongly criticizes specific "cost-control" provisions in the Lieberman-Warner climate bill, saying it could hurt U.S. industries as they seek access to the international carbon emissions market.  The Lieberman-Warner ...

In a letter to the American Public Power Association (APPA), Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, requested written testimony on carbon capture and sequestration to be submitted to his committee by September 14.

David Hunter, Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) Energy Legislative Assistant, has left Capitol Hill to open the Washington office of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).  Replacing Hunter is Amy Carroll who was previously with the House Science and Technology, Energy and Environment Subcommittee before joining the Collins' ...