Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided to delay a procedural vote on a bill to encourage the development of electric and natural gas vehicles.
Regan Lachapelle, Reid’s spokeswoman, said canceling the cloture vote on the bill, set for tomorrow, in favor of continuing discussion with Republicans will give More…
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) sent a letter to presumptive House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today outlining his priorities for the House Energy & Commerce Committee, if he becomes chairman. The letter is heavy on conservative go-to issues — cutting spending, “restoring freedom” and protecting human life — but noticeably light on More…
The Washington Post reports on President Obama’s new strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions:
A White House official said energy would remain a top priority for the administration but would be packaged differently.
While the lame-duck session appears to be one of the best opportunities for Democrats to pass key pieces of energy legislation before they have to compromise more with Republicans, the general consensus seems to be that we won’t see much action on energy proposals in November.
One clean energy advocate More…
In his first public remarks since yesterday’s midterm elections, President Obama suggested that energy policy is one area where Democrats and Republicans can find common ground.
“I don’t think there’s anybody in America that thinks we’ve got an energy policy that’s working,” Obama said, specifically citing natural gas vehicles and More…
Now that it’s more or less official that Republicans will take over the House, key Republicans are working to position themselves to take over the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), the most senior Republican on the committee, made it known tonight that he wants the spot, More…
There are a lot of these sort of lists floating around today, but I couldn’t help chiming in. So, without further ado, here’s my list of the races with the biggest climate/energy/environment implications:
Senate:
Alaska: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is facing off against Republican Joe Miller, a Tea Party favorite, and More…
Fred Grimm at The Miami Herald has a great column today on how the oil spill has not been a driving factor in the midterm elections in Florida and around the country.
He traces the oil spill narrative roughly like this: Outcry about the environmental effects of the spill More…
Melody Barnes, President Obama’s top domestic policy adviser, said today that the Obama administration does not have second thoughts about pushing health care legislation before a cap-and-trade bill. Some have argued that the administration’s aggressive push to pass a health care bill took the wind out of the sails of More…
The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder says Carol Browner, President Obama’s climate and energy policy adviser, is a “plausible candidate” to become White House chief of staff.
He says:
Democrats connected with the White House say that Carol Browner, currently, the president’s senior adviser on energy and the environment, and the
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