Environment And Public Works Committee

The ‘party of no’ becomes the ‘party of slow’ 1
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago Senate Republicans are demanding lengthy economic analyses of progressive clean energy policy, despite having spent careers voting for and against major energy legislation without such delay.
In the clearing stands a Boxer ...

What does recent Senate drama on the climate bill mean? Peak Boxer 7
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago There's been some weird goings-on in Congress around the Kerry-Boxer clean energy bill over the past few days. Why has the process been so darn messy? Lots of senators don't want to play ball with Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).
well suited for the job

Grass people invade Congress as Senate hearings wrap up 3
Posted 1 month ago The three-days of hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill are now over. Sen. Barbara Boxer wants to commence voting in committee next Tuesday. Republicans are threatening to boycott the proceedings. And an astroturf circus in the House!
It begins...

The big stories out of Tuesday’s Senate hearing on Kerry-Boxer 3
Posted 1 month ago Tuesday's hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee -- the first of three days of hearings on the Kerry-Boxer clean energy bill -- didn't contain any big surprises. As Keith Johnson notes, Senators generally played their appointed roles. There are four stories out of today that seem notable.
Who’s who on the EPW: Senate committee begins landmark climate hearings 0
Posted 1 month ago This week, hearings begin in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. The committee members can be sorted by their degree of support for clean energy, progressive reform, and strong climate action.
Clean energy is an easy choice 3
Posted 1 month ago The past few months the political debate inside and outside the beltway has largely been centered on health care reform, but Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took a moment to discuss the big battle looming on the horizon.
The propitiously populist politics of permits

Bingaman hearing on pollution allowance allocation; progressive greens beware 17
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago When Kerry and Boxer introduced their clean energy bill earlier this month, it contained a huge gap: it said almost nothing about the allocation of pollution allowances under the cap-and-tr... er, pollution reduction and investment program. The reason for the omission is simple: Doling out what is effectively a huge new pot of money is a subject of considerable interest to many senators, and it's expected to help bring some recalcitrant Democrats on board. The Energy & Natural Resources Committee, under Jeff Bingaman, is holding a hearing on the subject today.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman answers Grist’s questions on the climate bill [VIDEO] 2
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is chairman of the Energy & Natural Resources Committee and a key player on energy issues. In June, his committee voted to approve S. 1462, the American Clean Energy Leadership Act, an energy bill that may or may not be combined with a climate bill from Boxer's Environment & Public Works Committee (and possibly an allowance allocation bill from Baucus's Finance Committee) into a comprehensive bill to match the House's. Sen. Bingaman was kind enough to answer a few of our questions.