Posted May 20, 2009 by Erin Allweiss in Solving Global Warming
The Energy and Commerce Committee is working overtime to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act by Friday. The obstructionist tactics by Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-TX) and his opposition allies are meant to run the clock so it...continued→
Posted February 24, 2009 by Erin Allweiss in Solving Global Warming
Tonight Barack Obama delivered an inspirational speech to a country in need of hope, something he was not short on throughout the campaign and not short on tonight. It made me hopeful to hear him make clean energy a fundamental...continued→
Posted January 28, 2009 by Erin Allweiss in Moving Beyond Oil
I'm happy to report that the House not only passed the stimulus, but it passed the amendment introduced by Rep. Nadler (D-NY) to increase transit funding by $3 billion. This means a total of $12 billion for transit in the...continued→
Posted January 28, 2009 by Erin Allweiss in Solving Global Warming
It's been quite the week. Last Tuesday President-elect Barack Obama came to the Hill to be sworn in, and yesterday President Obama returned to meet with lawmakers about the much anticipated economic recovery package. NRDC's experts have been weighing in...continued→
Posted December 17, 2008 by Erin Allweiss in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, U.S. Law and Policy
Normally when Congress heads home, things quiet down in Washington. That really isn't the case right now... particularly today when Robert Redford joined NRDC and Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA) for a press conference on the Bush administration's most recent midnight...continued→
Posted December 12, 2008 by Erin Allweiss in The Media and the Environment
I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't blogged since November 20, but I plead Thanksgiving on my lackluster online performance. Now I'm back with a bang after a hectic week in Washington. The bailout of U.S. automakers has been on...continued→
Posted November 20, 2008 by Erin Allweiss in Solving Global Warming
Change has come to DC, and it's not just Barack Obama who is shaking things up. This morning, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) took over the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, the committee that will be responsible for writing global warming...continued→
Posted October 16, 2008 by Erin Allweiss in Moving Beyond Oil
On the heels of Congress lifting the moratorium on leasing lands to develop oil shale, Rand released a study that is as interesting for what's in it as for what's been left out. RAND, a renowned non-profit that provides analyses...continued→
Posted October 10, 2008 by Erin Allweiss in Health and the Environment
Last week, Congress passed the "Mercury Market Minimization Act," a bill that will protect Americans and people around the world from mercury poisoning by banning the export of elemental mercury, a neurotoxin that is dangerous for pregnant women and young...continued→
Posted September 30, 2008 by Erin Allweiss in Moving Beyond Oil
At midnight tonight, the moratorium banning offshore drilling will expire, allowing oil companies to drill as close as three miles from our shores. The energy debate devolved into a narrow argument over drilling, which my colleague Rob Perks addresses in...continued→
Posted September 16, 2008 by Erin Allweiss in Moving Beyond Oil, U.S. Law and Policy
Right now, the House is in full debate over an energy bill that has some good and some bad energy policies. You can read the statement NRDC's President issued today in response to this bill: http://www.nrdc.org/media/2008/080916.asp Among the good provisions...continued→
Posted September 13, 2008 by Erin Allweiss in Moving Beyond Oil
Hurricane Katrina’s third anniversary fell on the heels of the Democratic convention, the start of the Republican convention, and in the midst of Hurricane Gustav. Now we are faced with Ike while, on the floors of Congress, the debate continues...continued→
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