Topic: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
A former Environmental Protection Agency and Senate staffer is opening a new policy shop in Washington. . . Steven J. Shimberg on Wednesday...
<div id="subtitle">House transportation, natural resources, Senate environmental panels join list of oil hearings</div><div><p>Three more congressional committees have announced they will hold hearings on the Gulf oil spill, adding to an already crowded calendar of oil hearings ...
The four-letter word that will dominate President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday -- jobs -- could be the savior for faltering climate control legislation, or at least that's environmentalists' latest hope.. Clean energy, they say, could create millions ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus, an influential moderate Democrat, announced his opposition on Thursday to a climate change bill crafted by fellow Democrats John Kerry and Barbara Boxer.Baucus said he would vote against the bill being considered by the ...
Today was the last of three days of hearings this week on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA), introduced by John Kerry (D-Mass) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) on September 30th. Such antics might have been more surprising if Senator ...
Leaders at companies that develop low-carbon energy told a Senate panel that climate legislation would create millions of new jobs, but lawmakers from fossil-fuel dependent states said the bill would hit employment in the traditional energy economy.. Climate change presents a global ...
Health threat from climate change is not supported by the evidence - There is no " AMNews reports studies showing a link between plant growth and increased CO2 with negative effects.. It is nevertheless a disappointment to see such an unbalanced presentation in AMNews ...
Senate Panel Advances Global Warming Bill Despite Concerns Over Economic ImpactDemocrats turned back repeated efforts by Republican senators to soften the economic impact of a global warming bill before advancing it out of a Senate committee on Wednesday.It was the first ...
Provisions of Global Warming Bill Approved by a Senate CommitteeGlobal warming legislation approved Wednesday by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee would:_ Require carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 20 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 ...
Senate Bill to Cut Global Warming Gases Survives 4-3 Subcommittee VoteLawmakers took the first step Thursday on a bipartisan global warming bill that would impose mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases from power plants, industrial facilities and transportation.Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., pushed ...
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Gulf Oil Spill Mysteries
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APTOPIX Gulf Oil Spill
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Gulf Spill Video
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Troubled Waters 1964 Water Pollution Report ...
Narrated by Henry Fonda, this 25 minutes documentary film,Troubled ...2011-04-01 -
Boxer Opening Statement for Committee Hearing ...
US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) Chairman Barbara ...2011-06-16 -
Ralph Becker Senate Testimony Environment and ...
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker testified before the United ...2010-10-16
