Press Releases
Washington, D.C.—Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a draft proposal to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants. Carbon emissions from human activities, such as power generation, are the principal driver of climate change. Power plants are responsible for 40 percent of U.S. carbon emissions, representing our nation’s single largest source of carbon pollution. The standards as proposed would reduce carbon pollution 25 percent by 2025 and 30 percent by 2030, an equivalent of about 730 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, compared to 2005.
Hill briefing on warming highlights military, health impacts
Jean Chemnick, E&E reporter
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Science and national security experts visited Capitol Hill last night to brief an audience of congressional staffers on the toll climate change is already taking on public well-being, at home and around the world.
Washington, D.C.—Today, the House passed H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). The conference bill authorizes 34 water infrastructure projects and eight project modifications that provide for navigation of our waterways, flood protection, and environmental restoration.
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow evening, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) and Senate Climate Action Task Force will host a panel discussion on the threat climate change poses to our health, security, and economy. To further inform the conversation, attendees will watch an episode from Showtime’s climate change documentary series “Years of Living Dangerously” examining the health and security implications associated with climate change. A Q&A session with the panel will take place after the screening.
Washington, D.C.—Today, the United States Global Change Research Program released our third National Climate Assessment (NCA). Required by Congress through the United States Global Change Research Act of 1990, the NCA is the product of four years of work by hundreds of our nation's top scientists. It provides the latest insights into the historical, current, and future state of climate in the United States.
From E&E:
President Obama's top two climate advisers yesterday met with Democrats in the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition to discuss his carbon emissions agenda, focusing on a new White House data initiative.
Washington, D.C.—Today, House Republicans passed H.R. 3189, the so-called Water Rights Protection Act. The originally stated intent of the bill was to address a dispute between the Forest Service and ski resorts that operate on Forest Service land. Unfortunately, yet again, House Republicans couldn’t resist using this local issue as a vehicle to attack other federal agencies—agencies that had no hand in the issue—instead of constructively working to reach a resolution.
Washington, D.C.—In response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issuing final Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Standards, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) issued the following statement: