Senate Hearing on House Republican Debt Plan
“By my best calculation, June 8 will be the day when Treasury can’t pay its bills,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. He and other economists testified before the Senate…
2,545 views“By my best calculation, June 8 will be the day when Treasury can’t pay its bills,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. He and other economists testified before the Senate…
2,545 viewsThe Environmental Protection Agency held the first in a series of public hearings on its proposed Clean Power Plan. The plan would cut carbon pollution from existing fossil-fuel power plants…
1,585 viewsPanelists talked about the future of energy policy and U.S. energy independence. The presidents of the Shell Oil Company, the Environmental Defense Fund and former EPA Administrator Christin…
165 viewsSenators Kerry and Lieberman unveiled their energy and climate change legislation. The bill seeks to reduce carbon emissions at the country’s biggest polluters including power plants, heavy …
1,729 viewsThis was the third of several Energy and Public Works hearings on global climate change legislation. Among the topics addressed were development of a clean energy economy, transportation, al…
637 viewsWitnesses testified on climate change, emerging energy technology, and America’s role in clean energy. In the second of 2 panels, witnesses talked about “cap and trade” provisions of propose…
218 viewsVice President Joe Biden convened the first meeting of the Middle Class Task Force, with a focus on a green jobs as a pathway to a strong middle class. Panelists focused on provisions of an …
286 viewsFred Krupp and Miriam Horn talked about their co-authored book Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming published by W. W. Norton. In their book, Mr. Krupp and …
221 viewsCorporate leaders and environmental advocates called for federal action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adopting climate-friendly technology. Among the topics they addressed were re…
227 viewsWitnesses testified about proposals to limit greenhouse gas emissions, global climate change, and regulations that would create mandatory limits on all sectors of the economy.
302 viewsParticipants and committee members spoke about various measures to be included in the Democratic Party platform. Among the issues addressed were gun control, the economy, health care and the…
198 viewsOn Earth Day, politicians, celebrities and activists held a rally on the Mall to raise awareness of environmental issues.
1,405 viewsSecretary Madeline Albright and others and several foreign policy experts discussed the upcoming international conference on environmental issues in Kyoto, Japan in December. They examined h…
160 viewsIn their second meeting, council members talked about how to promote economic development while preserving the environment. This 25-member council is made up of business leaders and cabinet …
406 viewsSenators Max Baucus (D-Montana) and John Chafee (R-Rhode Island) called a news conference of environmental leaders in support for the North American Free Trade Agreement and its environmenta…
86 viewsJohn Shanahan, scholar at the Heritage Foundation, discussed the results of the United Nations Conference for Environment and Development. Mr. Shanahan spoke on the conservative perspective …
158 viewsThe representatives of several U.S. environmental groups held a news conference in Rio de Janeiro during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, better known as the Ear…
147 viewsWitnesses testified on the proposal to make the Environmental Protection Agency a cabinet level post.
137 viewsHarvard University’s Kennedy School of Government sponsored a panel discussion on environmental protections and methods of funding those protections. Environmental Protection Agency Administ…
183 viewsPresident George H. W. Bush unvieled his Clean Air Package before an audience in the East Room at the White House. He outlined 5 points of a new environment philosophy. The last 25 minute…
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