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Debt deal gives GOP a win on energy. Is there still room for a bipartisan agreement? |
Republicans secured long-sought energy permitting overhauls in the deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, while Democrats relinquished an electrical transmission buildout. |
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There's a lot for Republicans to like in the final debt deal — including narrower time limits for environmental reviews of new projects. For their part, Democrats secured a more limited win in the form of funding for a study of expanded transmission — rather than the actual expansion that many had hoped for. "I don't feel that we got what I'd hoped we would get and I feel like we gave up a little more than I would've wanted to give up," Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) told reporters Tuesday evening. It's unclear where Congress will take up the issue again in the future. "One way might be to check the box, we did this, and then never think about it again," Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) told reporters Wednesday. "The other possibility would be that we create a little bit of momentum and say, 'OK, now let's get serious and drill down a little bit,'" he said. "I hope it's the latter." Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter, I'm Zack Budryk — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains. |
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How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future: |
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced new protections Friday for New Mexico's Chaco Culture National Historical Park, barring oil and gas development for 20 years within a 10-mile radius of the area.
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Two of the world's major wheat-growing regions are skating on the ragged edge of a catastrophic failure. |
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Arizona officials announced Thursday that the state will impose restrictions on some new construction in the Phoenix area due to receding groundwater, the latest impact of the decades-long drought that has scorched the Western U.S. |
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Branch out with a different read on The Hill: |
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Scientists have uncovered a potentially lethal paradox at the heart of efforts to slow human-caused climate change. A series of new studies suggest a stark truth. One the one hand, cutting fossil fuel … |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Federal Hydrogen Program Is Cutting Out Local Groups, Threatening Climate Goals, Advocates Say (Inside Climate News)
The multinational companies that industrialized the Amazon rainforest (The Guardian) Project Bison, a large carbon removal proposal, faces delays (E&E News)
Two Utah sites will get over $19 million in federal funds to restore public lands. Here's where it's going. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- Next week: The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on Examining the impacts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's proposed changes to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule.
- The House Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.
- The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee will hold hearings Wednesday to examine perspectives on ecosystem restoration projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- The House Natural Resource Committee's Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold legislative hearings on Thursday on five bills.
- The Senate Energy Committee will hold hearings on Thursday to examine the Federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention.
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The job market scrambled the expectations of economists in May. Read more |
| Congress has sent legislation to raise the debt ceiling to President Biden, ending a months-long saga that brought the U.S. days away from a possible default. Read more |
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