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Energy and Climate Report
July 12, 2017-Number 133
Budget
Appropriath
i Advances With Cuts for EPA, Interior
A spending bill with cuts for environmental and public lands agencies was approved July 12
by a House subcommittee, over Democratic objections that the cuts were too big.
Budget Energy Innovation Agency Told to Work on Despite Budget Cuts The Energy Department's program to invest in innovative energy technologies should keep working even though it's in line for elimination, a House appropriator said.
Climate Policy Australian States Seek Zero Carbon Emissions Absent Federal Plan Another Australian state has committed to net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050, meaning most of the country's economy now operates under that goal despite the absence of a federal policy.
Climate Policy EU, the Number 20 in G-20, Finds Its Voice as U.S. Waffles At global summits, national leaders like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, or Angela Merkel typically get the bulk of the attention. During last week's Group of 20 meeting in Hamburg, a more faceless entity--the European Union--took the lead, especially on trade and climate change.
EPA Senate Environment Panel Approves EPA Enforcement Nominee A Senate committee narrowly approved the nomination of Susan Parker Bodine to serve as EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
Energy Bill to Boost Carbon Capture Tax Credit Resurfaces in Senate The recent collapse of high-profile carbon capture project at Mississippi's Kemper plant isn't deterring Senate lawmakers from pushing forward with a new policy to provide an incentive for that technology.
Energy Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nominees Clear Senate Panel Two nominees for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cleared the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee June 29.
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Energy ip Picks Banker, Executive as Energy Undersecretaries
President Donald Trump's pick to be the Energy Department's third-ranking official is an energy attorney and executive at an energy company in which billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has a controlling stake.
Fuel Efficiency
Australia Drive for Stricter Fuel Efficiency Ang<
:omakers
The Australian government is considering a fuel efficiency standard for new light vehicles
that has angered the association representing companies including Toyota, Volkswagen and
Ford, but pleased climate advocacy groups.
Natural Resources Utah's National Monument Stance Send r< Show 11 < orado Utah's perceived hostile stance against federal public lands designation spurred The North Face, Patagonia, REI and other outdoors recreation companies to urge a retailer association to move three major trade shows from Salt Lake City to Denver, an officer for The North Face told Bloomberg BNA.
Oil & Gas Billion-Barrel Mexican Find Could Spur Rush on Next Oil Auctions A billion-barrel crude discovery in Mexico could be just the lure the country badly needs to boost investment from oil majors as it lacks the wherewithal to reverse years of sagging output.
Renewable Energy Solar Power Gets $46 Million Boost From Energy Department The Energy Department awarded $46.2 million in research grants to improve solar energy technologies and reduce costs to 3 cents per kilowatt-hour by 2030.
Vehicle Fuels Markup on Ethanol Boost Could Com/- C ^re August Recess A committee vote on legislation to boost ethanol sales could take place before the August recess, a spokeswoman for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-lowa), the chief ethanol proponent in the Senate, told Bloomberg BNA.
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