December 25, 2024

U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (U.S. Senate CENR)

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Senators Praise Phillips, FERC’s Output at Oversight Hearing
All four FERC commissioners testified at an oversight hearing on Thursday, with senators praising its recent approval of natural gas infrastructure.
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Congressional Republicans Seek Changes to Biden’s Energy Policies
Congressional Republicans stepped up attacks on the Biden Administration's energy policies this week, attempting to leverage the debt ceiling to force change.
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Congress Doubling Down on Bipartisan Push for ‘Permitting Reform’
Congressional Democrats and Republicans both seek changes to federal permitting rules, but each party seeks to serve different ends.
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Senate ENR Committee Grills Turk on IIJA Implementation
A political war is looming over the interpretation and implementation of both the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Former NRG CEO Faces Tough Questions at Senate ENR Hearing
Three nominees for top posts at the DOE faced pointed questions from Senators known for protecting fossil fuel sector interests.
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Biden Invokes Defense Production Act for Critical Minerals
President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to step up the production of rare minerals critical to his administration's clean energy goals.
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Long Permitting, Drought Put US Hydropower at Risk
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agreed that the nation’s hydropower is undervalued in power markets and under-incentivized in federal policymaking.
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DOI Nominee Fields Tough GOP Questions at Senate Hearing
Senate Energy Republicans grilled Cynthia Weiner Stachelberg, nominee for assistant secretary at the Interior Department, on tree spiking and gun control.
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DOE: Building Codes Key to Net-zero Economy
Updating building codes is “one of the easiest things we can do" to reduce emissions, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a DOE conference.
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Senate Committee Deadlocks on Biden Pick to Head BLM
Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to head BLM has become a flashpoint, based on GOP claims that she lied about her involvement in a tree-spiking incident.

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