Clean Air Act Digest, 5.20.13

UPDATES Congress: House On Tuesday, May 14, House Energy and Power Subcommittee marked up H.R. 271, “Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013.” This bill takes the unprecedented step of authorizing total civil and criminal amnesty from all federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations for electric power producers that are under [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 4.26.13

  UPDATES Congress: The Senate Environmental and Public Works committee is expected to vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, in the next couple weeks, possibly May 8. The final step in the confirmation process is a vote by the full Senate. Administration: A group of [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 4.8.13

UPDATES Congress: Congress has been in recess for two weeks, reconvening this week. Senate: During the night on March 22, the US Senate voted on dozens of amendments and passed a blueprint for next year’s federal budget (S. Con. Res. 8).  Senator Inhofe (R-OK) offered an amendment that he described as prohibiting further greenhouse gas [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 3.19.13

This week, Congress is working to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government through the end of FY2013. Read more of this week’s Clean Air Act Digest by clicking the link.

Clean Air Act Digest, 2.15.13

UPDATES Congress: On Wednesday, Senator Boxer, Chair of the Environmental and Public Works Committee, held a briefing on the latest climate science. All Senators were encouraged to attend. The briefing featured four climate scientists who presented on the latest trends and scientific evidence related to the growing impacts associated with climate change. You can watch [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 1.25.13

UPDATES Congress: On January 24, 2013, U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced a new bicameral Task Force on Climate Change. Rep. Waxman, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will co-chair the Task Force along with Senator Whitehouse, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 1.18.13

UPDATES Congress: Fiscal Cliff Part 2: On New Year’s Day, Congress postponed the “fiscal cliff” by passing a last-minute tax bill. After years of significant spending cuts, the bill was the first to provide needed revenue to continue popular federal programs, including incentives promoting clean energy. But the final bill did not raise enough revenue [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 9.20.12

UPDATES Congress: Congress will recess at the end of this week, reconvening after the November elections for a “lame duck” session starting on November 13. House of Representatives: Making yet another attack on the environment prior to recessing for the elections, the House leadership has bundled a number of anti-environmental bills into a package called [...]

Climate Change and Children’s Health

Originally posted on Healthy Child Healthy World blog. Disclaimer: I’m not a mom, but I have one. And I don’t have any children, but I apparently act like one from time to time. With that said, I’m grateful for the opportunity to share this blog with the Healthy Child Healthy World community. For the better part [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 8.6.12

UPDATES Congress: House On Tuesday and Thursday of last week, Rep. Whitfield, chairman of the Energy and Power Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, convened two forums on the Clean Air Act. The stated goal of the forums was to “provide an opportunity for members of Congress to hear a broad range of [...]

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