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Daily Energy Insider
March 21, 2018
... I understand full well the difficulty of finding common ground on this issue,” Carper, who is the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, said in the letter. “The one problem that both constituencies identify as a concern is RIN market manipulation. It's clear that market manipulation inÃâà...
Yellowhammer News
March 21, 2018
“Shelby's promotion is all but assured in the seniority-focused Senate, and he has backup on Senate Appropriations from Florida Republican U.S. Sen. ... Shelby joined the Environment and Public Works Committee in 2017, which is the committee that authorizes projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as laid out byÃâà...
ThinkProgress
March 21, 2018
2 person at the EPA remains on hold, even though the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved Wheeler's nomination in February, albeit in a 11-10 party-line vote. An outspoken advocate for the coal industry, Wheeler has long questioned the mainstream consensus on climate change.
Journal of Commerce
March 20, 2018
In April, the senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a plan that, if enacted, would double ethanol production. “But ethanol fails to perform as promised. Its use appears to have no net positive air quality benefits; its production may entail other environmental costs such as soil degradation;Ãâà...
Futurism
March 20, 2018
The more information, the better, right? Except when it's not. Like when it's just a tactic weaponized to obscure the truth. And now environmental science is about to be on the losing side of that strategy from the American Government. Case in point: The Environmental Protection Agency may release the rawÃâà...
The Hill
March 20, 2018
Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing on oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will meet Thursday to discuss three bills related to water infrastructure andÃâà...
Courthouse News Service
March 6, 2018
Pruitt was questioned about the decision during a Senate Environment and Public Works committee hearing in January. The grant was finally restored on March 2. Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce issued a letter to Pruitt Monday citing “serious concerns of impartiality of currentÃâà...
E&E News
March 6, 2018
After a sometimes fiery hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week featuring Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, a House panel will convene tomorrow to discuss President Trump's proposal. Chao will return as a witness at the House Transportation and InfrastructureÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 1, 2018
030118 Chao Infrastructure Permitting Testimony pic Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, in testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said the private sector is frequently deterred in investing in public infrastructure projects because of slow permitting. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen).
Washington Examiner
February 7, 2018
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday morning advanced the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, by a party-line 11-10 vote. It's the second time the committee approved Wheeler's nomination to be AdministratorÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
December 31, 1999
These include a measure to exempt farms from needing to report air pollution emissions and a long-sought reprieve of requirements to obtain Clean Water Act permits to spray pesticides over water. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a March 14 hearing on the measure.
Builder Magazine
December 31, 1999
Today, the FBI and the GSA presented a new plan to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee: demolish the J. Edgar Hoover Building, a 1970s Brutalist structure designed by Charles F. Murphy and Associates, and rebuild another FBI HQ where it currently stands, while locating someÃâà...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
“Streamlining will allow needed projects to start quicker and finish faster for lower costs,” said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. “It shouldn't take a decade to permit a project that takes only months to build.” But the Trump administration wants CongressÃâà...
