Environmental Politics

"U.S. House Hacks Away at Renewable Energy, Efficiency Programs"

"The U.S. House of Representatives brushed aside Democrats' efforts to preserve federal funding for clean energy and energy efficiency as it voted to approve a large spending bill Thursday that would slash those programs by 45 percent while maintaining federal support for fossil energy research and development."

Source: InsideClimate News, 07/28/2017

"Politics: 'Hard Call' From Trump Preceded Zinke Pressure — Murkowski"

"Sen. Lisa Murkowski said today that a tense phone conversation with President Trump earlier this week led to yesterday's call from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who reportedly told both Alaska GOP senators that the Energy and Natural Resources chairwoman's vote against the motion to proceed to the health care debate would influence the administration's resource development policies in the Last Frontier State."

Source: Greenwire, 07/28/2017

"House Passes Russia Sanctions Deal With Oil, Gas Fix"

"The House easily passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to expand sanctions on Russia and limit the Trump administration's ability to lift them. The legislation comes after lawmakers addressed a series of concerns oil and gas companies raised about the package, which they said would limit the extent to which American and Russian energy firms could interact."

Source: The Hill, 07/26/2017

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