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Home » Keywords » U.S. Congress – House of Representatives (U.S. House)

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Can New Laws Overcome Tx Permitting Roadblocks?

Democrats Push Tx Spending and Reform; GOP Calls It ‘Unrealistic, Unattainable’
Jun 29, 2021
Rich Heidorn Jr. and K Kaufmann
A House panel heard testimony on Democratic proposals to address cost allocation problems and increase federal authority over siting of transmission.
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Bipartisan Renewable Bill Ruptured by Rancor over Jan. 6

May 24, 2021
Rich Heidorn Jr.
How bad is the partisan rancor in Congress? So bad that even a hearing Monday on a bipartisan bill to speed development of renewable generation on federal lands was marred by sniping between Republicans and Democrats over the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) | House...
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BPC Proposes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Compromise

GOP, Democratic Leaders Express Optimism after Meeting with Biden
May 12, 2021
Rich Heidorn Jr.
The Bipartisan Policy Center Wednesday proposed a compromise $1 trillion infrastructure package that would authorize $300 billion in spending for a clean energy transition, paid for by a combination of increased corporate taxes and user fees. The BPC announced its proposal after House and Senate leaders emerged from a White...
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Granholm Lays Out DOE’s $46.2 Billion Budget

Says Administration Would Work with Congress to Keep Nuclear Fleet in Operation
May 6, 2021
K Kaufmann
Energy Secretary Janet Granholm could be doing a lot of traveling following her Thursday appearance at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy, Water Development and Related Agencies. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm | House Appropriations Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) invited her to visit the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to see...
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Energy Storage Hopes for 'Christmas Present' from Congress

ACORE, GridWise Alliance Forecasts Chances for Climate Plans
Apr 25, 2021
Rich Heidorn Jr.
Climate activists dumped manure outside the White House on Thursday, unimpressed with President Biden’s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% from 2005 levels by 2030. (See related story, Biden Commits US to Cutting GHG Emissions 50% by 2030.) But Greg Wetstone, CEO of the American Council...
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Debated in House Hearing

No Signs of Common Ground Between Democrats and GOP
Apr 22, 2021
Rich Heidorn Jr.
House Democrats sought to make the case for repealing fossil fuel subsidies Thursday while Republicans said it would threaten U.S. energy independence, eliminate high-paying jobs and increase costs for consumers. Joseph Aldy, Harvard University | House Oversight and Reform Committee The debate came during a hearing of the House Oversight...
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Small Nukes Proposed for Wash. Hanford Site

Apr 19, 2021
John Stang
Two new nuclear plants have been proposed as neighbors to the Pacific Northwest’s only existing commercial reactor on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington. If approved, they would be the state’s first reactor projects since the Washington Public Power Supply System’s (WPPSS) reactor No. 2 went online in 1984. Plans...
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House Bill Tackles Both Ends of the Bovine

Mar 21, 2021
John Stang
Agricultural methane. Ruminant enteric methane. What we’re talking about are cow farts — as well as cow burps. A hell of a lot. Silent, but deadly: a good chunk of the Earth’s greenhouse gases. A U.S. representative from Washington state wants to attack them. Bill Gates thinks they’re a big deal.
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