Nick Sobczyk
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Hearings set to attack fossil fuel industry and its backers
The House Natural Resources and the Oversight and Reform committees will hear testimony this week on the fossil fuel industry's role in thwarting climate → Read More
What to expect on permitting reform as Congress returns
Progressives and their activist allies have been grumbling for weeks over a deal on permitting reform. Republicans want changes to environmental reviews but → Read More
Pruitt launches Okla. Senate bid
The former EPA administrator joins a crowded GOP field for Sen. Jim Inhofe's seat. → Read More
Manchin ready to engage on reconciliation
Sources told E&E News that the West Virginia Democrat views an April-May time frame for reaching a deal on a scaled-back budget reconciliation bill. → Read More
What Manchin's fossil fuel kick means for climate legislation
Democrats and advocates alike fear criticizing the senator in the hope of reaching a deal. → Read More
Fact-checking 5 claims in Russia energy debate
E&E News sorts out the Democrat and GOP talking points in the post-invasion debate. → Read More
Democrats give oil leaders 'last chance' to testify
House Oversight and Reform leaders want companies to turn over documents or face "further action by the Committee." → Read More
What's ahead for 'Build Back Better': 4 scenarios
Congress returns this week with President Biden’s social spending and climate package hanging by a thread after Sen. Joe Manchin threw the effort into chaos → Read More
Democrats' red line for Manchin: No climate cuts
A group of Senate Democrats yesterday dug in their heels against potential cuts to climate programs in the reconciliation package, as a stare-down continues with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and other moderates. → Read More
Senators eye deal on infrastructure package amendments
The Senate officially began debate today on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but it remains in temporary limbo as the two sides attempt to reach agreement on the amendment process. → Read More
CLIMATE: EPA finalizes first-ever airplane greenhouse gas regulations
EPA today released its first greenhouse gas emissions regulations for airplanes, a historic step after a decade of legal wrangling. It marks the first time EPA has regulated planet-warming emissions from airplanes and a rare move for an administration that has rolled back regulations across the board. → Read More
CLIMATE: Walmart, Morgan Stanley announce zero-emissions goals
Walmart Inc. today pledged to hit zero emissions from its global operations by 2040 without using carbon offsets. → Read More
ADVOCACY: Dems, greens look to highlight environmental justice
House Democrats want to highlight environmental justice issues amid talks on the next phase of COVID-19 relief. → Read More
STATE OF THE UNION: Trump to highlight 'energy revolution,' downplay climate
Aides say the president will deliver an optimistic State of the Union, focused on the economy and trade, but it likely won't signal any significant movement in energy and environmental policy. → Read More
POLITICS: Democrats promise action against Trump NEPA overhaul
Democrats are eyeing a legislative response to proposed National Environmental Policy Act rule changes, a sign of the fight to come over one of the president's marquee deregulatory moves. → Read More
POLITICS: House Democrats have little to show on climate
House Democrats gathered on the steps of the Capitol last week to celebrate their achievements in the first 200 days of the 116th Congress, but they didn't say a word about climate change. → Read More
POLITICS: How climate change got labeled a 'crisis'
Advocates for action against climate change have been working for more than a decade to label the issue a crisis. The term has now gone mainstream. → Read More
CLIMATE: Utility execs give senators 'a lot of optimism'
For a dose of climate policy hope, Senate Democrats are looking to utilities angling to curb their emissions. → Read More
CLIMATE: GOP pollster pitches Republicans on carbon pricing
Republicans risk losing young voters if they don't wake up to the reality that is climate change, Frank Luntz warned yesterday. → Read More
ADVOCACY: Chamber changes tune on climate, but Dems remain skeptical
Long a major force in conservative politics, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's climate flip could be a legislative game-changer, especially given the advocacy by some of its larger corporate members. → Read More