Measure Passes to Help Fund Wildfire Fighting
This has been a great week for national forests: the FY2010 Interior Appropriations bill is on its way to the President’s desk. It includes a provision aimed at ensuring adequate Federal funding to fight large, complex wildland fires. This will help the Forest Service avoid raiding other accounts to pay for fighting such expensive […]
The Week Ahead (Nov. 2-6)
v On Wednesday, Nov. 4, the Subcommittee on National Parks will receive testimony on S. 1369, to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. 1405, to redesignate the Longfellow National Historic Site in Massachusetts as the "Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site"; S. […]
Bingaman, Whitehouse, Baucus Aim To Help Natural Resources Adapt to Climate Change
Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Max Baucus (D-MT) today introduced legislation that addresses the harmful impacts that climate change will have on natural resources such as forests, coastlines and wildlife habitats, and on the people and economies that depend on those resources. “The Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act of 2009” (S. 1933) […]
The Week Ahead (Oct. 26-30 )
v On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the full committee will examine the role of natural gas in mitigating climate change. Witnesses will include Richard Newell, administrator, Energy Information Administration; Edward Stones, director of energy risk, The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI; Lamar McKay, chairman, BP America, Houston; David Wilks President, Energy Supply, Xcel Energy, Minneapolis; Dennis McConaghy, […]
Three More Policymakers Approved
Tonight, the U.S. Senate confirmed three more senior appointees who will help execute President Obama’s agenda: Marcia McNutt to be director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Arun Majumdar to be director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy and Jose Antonio Garcia, to be Director of the Office […]
Cap & Trade: Allowance Allocation and Auction Impacts
“Several basic design questions come to mind that I hope we can address in this hearing. First and foremost, we need to have a good understanding of what the appropriate levels of free allocation should be. Many market-based programs in the past have freely allocated emission permits, but the experience with the first phase of […]
Murkowski on Allowances in Cap and Trade Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 October 21, 2009 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 Murkowski on Allowances in Cap and Trade Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today gave the following opening statement at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the costs […]
Murkowski welcomes MMS approval of Beaufort Sea exploration plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 OCTOBER 19, 2009 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 Sen. Murkowski Welcomes MMS Decision to Approve Beaufort Plan WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the announcement that the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service has approved Shell’s exploration plan […]
The Week Ahead (Oct. 19-23)
On Wednesday, Oct. 21, the full committee will examine the costs and benefits for energy consumers, and energy prices associated with, the allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances. Witnesses include Dr. Denny Ellerman, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Dr. Gilbert Metcalf, professor of economics, Tufts University, Medford, […]
Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Legislation
“As the Senate continues to consider ways to deal with the global environmental problem of climate change, much of the discussion centers around the overall costs and benefits of such a program, and how the costs and benefits will be distributed throughout our economy. Addressing the issue of climate change will require a radical transformation […]