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Chu’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, 10 am EST
Climate Progress —
Chu’s Tuesday morning confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (live webcast here ) will also be on C-SPAN 3 (live stream ...
Here's looking at Chu, kid
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... The hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee was, for the most part, amiable, with the lawmakers warmly welcoming the Nobel Laureate physicist. But when the subject turned to Chu's previous assertion that " ...
New energy, meet old energy
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... Reid said the Senate plans to have a bill out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the next few weeks that will include a Renewable Electricity Standard and efficiency programs. But it won't cover "carbon capture and climate issues -- that will come later," Reid said. ENR Chairman ...
Two hearings worth watching this week: IPCC head Rajendra Pachauri and energy efficiency
Climate Progress —
... “): The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee meets Thursday [2:15] for a hearing on ways to reduce energy use in buildings, as Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) continues his push toward a planned broad-based energy bill…. The goal, according to the committee, is to “provide recommendations for reducing energy consumption in buildings through improved implementation of authorized DOE programs and through other innovative federal energy efficiency policies and programs.” … Energy Secretary Steven Chu has flagged efficiency as a priority. For instance, at a briefing with ...
Climate Cap-and-Trade and International Competitiveness: Another Look Under the Hood of Waxman-Markey
The Energy Collective —
... in the U.S. Senate in 2008, and may re-appear when serious debate commences in the Senate on climate legislation later this year. Also, it should be noted that this approach of import-allowance-requirements is included as a long-term backstop in Waxman-Markey if the President determines by 2022 that the output-based allocation mechanism is insufficient for some of the energy-intensive trade-sensitive sectors (and if a number of stringent conditions are met (see the “ ...
Survey: Is Expanded Fossil Fuel Exploration & Clean Coal Part of Green Energy Policy?
TreeHugger —
offhore oil rig photo treehugger survey graphic image If you missed it yesterday, the Senate Energy & Natural Resources committee passed a new energy bill which, apart from having pitifully low renewable energy targets (15% by 2021), would open up large areas of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, gives another hand out to 'clean coal' and approves a new gas pipeline through Alaska. As you can we weren't entirely pleased. I'm assuming most TreeHugger readers think the renewable energy requirement is beyond unambitious, but what about the ...
Sen. Lamar Alexander’s nuclear energy speed run
The Energy Collective —
... Alexander isn’t the only voice on nuclear energy and climate change on the Republican side of the aisle in the Senate. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has forged bipartisan legislative efforts with Senate Democrats for a Clean Energy Bank that would expand loan guarantees for nuclear power plants. She is the ranking member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. A ...
Confusion in the Senate regarding allowance allocation
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
by Robert Stavins According to an October 22nd story in Environment & Energy Daily (“Climate: GOP Fence Sitters Voice Concerns Over Allocations” by Darren Samuelson), several key swing-vote Senate Republicans—including Senator Lisa Murkowski, ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee—are voicing skepticism about the Senate’s Boxer-Kerry climate bill’s cap-and-trade system because of the free allocation of some of the allowances to various recipients in the private ...
