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The debate over Biden’s sweeping climate and green energy initiative centers on China

The debate over Biden’s sweeping climate and green energy initiative centers on China

by Cate Bikales | Oct 11, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has been touting the success of the Inflation Reduction Act since its passage one year ago, but whether it has reduced the country’s reliance on China has been hotly debated. The law, which passed solely with Democratic votes,...
Senators and industry leaders debate national bottle bill idea

Senators and industry leaders debate national bottle bill idea

by Khadija Ahmed | Sep 29, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led a subcommittee hearing on Thursday that explored the need for a national policy on deposit return for beverage containers to help decrease packaging waste, such as plastic. “More and more, it makes that blue bin in my...
Native communities cite dismal statistics on lack of access to water at senate committee hearing

Native communities cite dismal statistics on lack of access to water at senate committee hearing

by Kunjal Bastola | Sep 28, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Native American communities are still woefully behind in reliable access to water, a public health problem that is exposing populations to an array of issues, from personal hygiene to respiratory illness. In an effort to ensure that the federal government...
Senate Budget Committee hears testimony on coastal costs of climate change

Senate Budget Committee hears testimony on coastal costs of climate change

by Saul Pink | Mar 1, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Budget Committee heard from climate experts and stakeholders at a hearing Wednesday about the economic costs of climate change on coastal communities, continuing the debate over how – and whether – to distribute funds to...
Senators hear how climate change could lead to economic pain

Senators hear how climate change could lead to economic pain

by Davis Giangiulio | Feb 15, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Senators on Wednesday grappled with the already-existing and looming-future economic costs of climate change, and how to prevent them.  At a Budget Committee Hearing, experts delivered testimony that revealed a concerning state that America is in:...
Video: Judges name cleanest rural water in US

Video: Judges name cleanest rural water in US

by Logan Schiciano | Feb 9, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) hosted the 24th Great American Water Taste Test on Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill 44 state-winning water samples were sent to Washington and the five finalists were judged in front of a crowd of...
Members of congress call for expansion of American energy, but disagree on how to do it

Members of congress call for expansion of American energy, but disagree on how to do it

by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 31, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress grappled with the intersection between energy and national and economic security on Tuesday along with the environmental impacts of energy expansion. In the first House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing of the 118th Congress,...
Harris touts clean energy project during speech in Arizona

Harris touts clean energy project during speech in Arizona

by Joanna Hou | Jan 20, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris addressed climate change, clean energy and union jobs in Tonopah, Arizona, as part of a speech promoting the Ten West Link transmission line Thursday.  The Ten West Link transmission line connects Blythe, California, with...
The environmental case about nothing — could be everything

The environmental case about nothing — could be everything

by Jorja Siemons | Mar 3, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices stumbled this week when hearing arguments about the most impactful environmental case in a generation. The problem, in part, is that the case concerns nothing. “There isn’t really anything for the Supreme Court to consider,” said...
Senate panel weighs economic impacts of EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard program

Senate panel weighs economic impacts of EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard program

by Charlotte Varnes | Feb 17, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Changes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program could lead to wide-ranging economic impacts like increased gas prices and shutdowns of small refineries, experts told lawmakers during a Senate Environment and Public Works...

Lawmakers: Brownfields in rural, low-income areas need more help

by Samantha Aguilar | Feb 15, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON —Four years after Congress reauthorized the EPA’s brownfields program, House lawmakers met with city and county officials from across the country to discuss what can be changed before the next reauthorization deadline in 2023. ”How can we sustain this level...
Hydrogen fuel bridges bipartisan divide during Senate hearing

Hydrogen fuel bridges bipartisan divide during Senate hearing

by Jorja Siemons | Feb 15, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Clean hydrogen fuel’s versatility and flexibility makes it foundational to a clean energy transition, experts told lawmakers, including clean hydrogen enthusiast Joe Manchin, at a Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing Thursday.  “It...
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