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A House Democratic caucus pilloried President Donald Trump’s first set of executive actions, accusing him of working to “gut our bedrock pollution and environmental protections.”
But in a multipage letter filled with both bullet points and outrage, the leaders of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition offered something of an olive branch.
Democrats who woke up to an avalanche of executive orders from President Donald Trump Tuesday morning are scrambling to strike back against the White House’s new fossil fuel-focused "energy dominance" regime.
A bipartisan House bill introduced Wednesday would require NOAA Fisheries to conduct new research on whales to provide more accurate information about their core feeding and calving habitats as well as migration patterns.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has made clear he supports taking a “scalpel,” not a “sledgehammer,” to the Democrats’ 2022 climate law.
But as the prospect of doing away with billions of dollars of energy and climate subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act in the next Congress is looking closer to becoming a reality, GOP lawmakers — and business groups with a stake in that funding — are amplifying concerns that such an effort would be misguided.
Democrats and their environment-minded allies are facing a narrowing window to halt Republican plans to roll back gains made in the last four years.
After losing Democratic control of the Senate and watching Vice President Kamala Harris concede her race for the White House to former President Donald Trump, the focus now is on the House to see whether Democrats can eke out a narrow majority to prevent a GOP governing “trifecta” in Washington.
Despite having one of the highest membership rates of any caucus on Capitol Hill, the roughly 100-person House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition has kept a low profile over the years, leaving its imprint on legislation without the accompanying sharp elbows and chest-thumping.
Now the leaders of a new outside group hope they might be able to raise the caucus' profile — while also increasing its output and clout in policymaking.
House Democrats are teaching their staffs how to write energy and climate legislation in a legislative world after Chevron deference.
Why it matters: The Supreme Court's decision in the Loper Bright case put fresh limitations on Congress' ability to delegate powers to agencies, which threatens to upend hard-fought climate regulations.
If elected president, Kamala Harris’ first day in the Oval Office would present Democrats with a once-in-a-generation opportunity — a chance to advance the work of her predecessor.
CHICAGO — Climate advocates spent the past week speculating over how Vice President Kamala Harris and her surrogates would talk about green issues from the main stage of the four-day Democratic National Convention here.
In a segment lasting just under 15 minutes on the very last night, they got their answer — though it might do little to settle an ongoing conversation about landing the most effective message to sway swing voters on the environment.
DOUBLING DOWN ON IRA: August in an election year is a chance for lawmakers to be back in their districts selling their legislative wins to constituents. For many Democrats, that has meant rejuvenating their messaging on the Inflation Reduction Act, which turned two on Friday.