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Republicans restore biofuel subsidies to debt limit plan |
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday amended the GOP spending cut and debt limit proposal to restore biofuel subsidies demanded by midwestern Republicans.
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The Republicans in question had been leery of the original package, which eliminated the tax credits, potentially threatening McCarthy's path to clearing the chamber.
On Wednesday, however, the tax credits were restored, seemingly winning the support of the holdouts. "We're going to make sure everything's agreed. But there's five revisions to the biofuels tax credit; of those — we were able to get all of them in," Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) said following a closed-door conference meeting.
Another GOP member, Rep. Nancy Mace (S.C.), had previously criticized the bill's elimination of green subsidies that would affect her district, but announced later in the day she would vote for the measure. Read more from our colleagues Mike Lillis, Mychael Schnell and Emily Brooks at TheHill.com. |
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The Senate on Wednesday passed a Republican-led effort to undo a Biden administration rule that aims to cut pollution from heavy-duty trucks.
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is joining Republicans in an effort to overturn a Biden administration rule that aims to limit pollution from heavy-duty trucks. |
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Sen. Joe Manchin has joined Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in co-sponsoring a bill that would restore solar power tariffs suspended by President Biden, the latest break between the West Virginia Democrat and the leader of his party on energy. |
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Most of Yosemite National Park will shut down starting late Friday in anticipation of a massive snowmelt that is threatening to flood the surrounding region in California, the park announced. The closure … |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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The very bad math behind the Colorado River crisis (Grist) Utilities Seize Control of the Coming Boom in Transmission Lines (Inside Climate News) - With projections showing a 71-foot rebound coming, Lake Powell resumes Grand Canyon's experimental floods (The Salt Lake Tribune)
'Green colonialism': Indigenous world leaders warn over west's climate strategy (The Guardian)
- What now for Germany's remaining nuclear waste? (DW)
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Montana House Republicans on Wednesday voted to censure Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr. Read more |
| Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced a bipartisan bill to require the Supreme Court to create a new code of conduct for itself after ProPublica revealed that conservative Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips he accepted from Texas billionaire Harlan Crow. Read more |
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