Policy · 117th Congress
Report: Pandemic put US on track to meet Paris climate goals
Still, he said, cuts in transportation emissions, the No. 1 sector of emissions in the country, will likely not happen without government intervention.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Trump’s energy plan was vacated and Obama’s is outdated. What’s next?
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Congress now has the opportunity to use every tool in its toolbox to tackle climate in the economy, including but not limited to a clean energy standard, a clean energy and
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden climate team’s foes: Time, politics and bureaucracy
Congress did not reach an agreement to reauthorize the highway bill in time for the Oct. 1 deadline, opting to extend the current law through most of 2021.
Congress · 116th Congress
Partisan stopgap funding bill set for House vote Tuesday
’s general fund, so it wouldn’t “score” as a new budgetary cost, according to the Congressional Budget Office.Extend for a year the National Flood Insurance Program to avoid a lapse in authority Oct. 1,
Congress · 116th Congress
House proposes billions of dollars for technology throughout government
[jwp-video n=”1″] CISA would receive $2.25 billion in total, nearly $500 million more than the Trump administration requested for fiscal 2021.
Policy · 116th Congress
‘Supergrid’ and nukes: Ins and outs of Democrats’ climate plan
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Congress · 116th Congress
Defense bill would give Pentagon power over Energy’s nuclear arms budget
[jwp-video n=”1″] Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette on Monday sent an impassioned letter on this issue to Senate Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe, R-Okla.
Policy · 116th Congress
Left out of rescue bills, smaller oil firm bankruptcies surge
Whiting Petroleum Corp., which describes itself as “one of the largest” independent exploration and production companies in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy reorganization on April 1, among the first
Congress · 116th Congress
Energy nominee likely to face questions on Yucca
[jwp-video n=”1″] After the White House proposed on Feb. 10 halting the licensing process to store nuclear waste within Yucca Mountain, Menezes appeared to reverse that position, telling members
Policy · 116th Congress
Energy Department to buy oil for reserve and to help industry
Purchase of up to 1 million barrels for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would take advantage of record low prices, may help domestic oil producers as well.
Policy · 116th Congress
Green supporters see holes in Democrats’ recovery bill
But the only direct support for renewable energy in the bill is a proposal to pay biofuel producers 45 cents a gallon for fuel produced between Jan. 1 and May 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
House COVID-19 bill includes low-income utility aid
The bill would distribute at least $1 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for firefighting efforts.
Policy · 116th Congress
Uranium firm takes virus aid, says crisis hasn’t affected business
A Colorado uranium company that pressed the Trump administration to set up barriers against imports and found allies for that cause in Congress received a nearly $1 million loan for relief from the coronavirus
White House · 116th Congress
If Perry leaves Energy, his deputy seems likely to sustain his policies
Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked Perry on Oct. 1 for information about the U.S. delegation he led to Zelenskiy’s inauguration in May.
‘Moneyball’ for the Power Grid: Reid Says Metrics Key
According to the White House, Obama will also announce the availability of $1 billion in new Energy Department loan guarantees, as well as new guidelines for distributed energy projects.