On Thursday, December 2, 2021, at 10:00 am
EDT, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources will host a remote oversight
hearing
titled, “What More Public Lands Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate
Targets”
Witnesses
Carrie Hamblen, NM State Senator (D), District 38,
CEO/President, Las Cruces Green Chamber of
Commerce
Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Executive Director, Western Environmental Law
Center
Jade Begay, Climate Justice Campaign Director,
NDN Collective, Member, White House
Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Nick Loris, Vice President of Public Policy, Conservative Coalition
for Climate Solutions
S.
1229,
to modify the procedures for issuing special recreation permits for
certain public land units, and for other purposes (Simplifying Outdoor
Access for Recreation Act).
S.
1269,
to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the effects of
special recreation permits on environmental justice communities, and
for other purposes (Environmental Justice in Recreation Permitting
Act).
S. 1616, to provide exceptions from permitting and fee
requirements for content creation, regardless of distribution
platform, including digital or analog video and digital or analog
audio recording activities, conducted on land under the jurisdiction
of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
(Federal Interior Land Media Act).
S.
1874,
to promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation on Federal land
and to increase opportunities for collaboration with non-Federal
partners, and for other purposes (Recreation Not Red Tape Act).
S.
2258,
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Parks, Jobs,
and Equity Program to support job creation, economic revitalization,
and park development for communities impacted by
COVID–19 (Parks, Jobs, and Equity Act).
S.
2886,
to amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the donation and
distribution of capes, horns, and antlers from wildlife management
activities carried out on National Park System land (Cape and Antler
Preservation Enhancement Act).
S.
2887,
to codify the existing Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program
of the National Park Service, and for other purposes (Outdoors for All
Act).
S.
3264,
to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Sectary of
Agriculture to develop long-distance bike trails on Federal lands, and
for other purposes (the Bike Over Long-distance Trails Act).
S.
3266,
to improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access
to, Federal public land, and for other purposes (Outdoor Recreation
Act).
Witnesses
Christopher French, Deputy Chief, National Forest System,
USDA Forest Service
Mark Lambrecht, Assistant Director, National Conservation Lands &
Community Partnerships, Bureau of Land Management
Fred Ferguson, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications,
Vista Outdoor
Carlton Waterhouse, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office
of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency
Amanda Howe, of Virginia, David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, and Henry
Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, each to be an Assistant
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
and Jennifer Clyburn Reed, of South Carolina, to be Federal
Cochairperson of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (New
Position)
To be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
President
Biden has a choice to make: Will he side with the people or a handful of
fossil fuel executives? It’s a test with results that will determine the
future of our planet and the wellbeing of future generations that will
inhabit it. We are putting our bodies on the
line to ensure
President Biden passes this crucial test.
As we face the worsening climate emergency, frontline communities have
been fighting the fossil fuel projects which threaten their health and
homes for generations. While our government has largely ignored their
demands, climate chaos has intensified across the globe. The Glasgow UN
climate summit in November is the “last, best chance” for our government
to change course and ensure a just, renewable energy future for all of
us.
This is not a single “day of action”, but instead a wave of action from
October 11th – 15th that will involve civil disobedience to put
sustained pressure and a bigger spotlight on our demands. If that
involves risking arrest, we are prepared and willing to take that risk
and deal with the consequences. We believe that the risks of inaction
are far greater than the risks of taking action.
All components of the actions — trainings the night before and the start
of the actions themselves — will be at McPherson Square in downtown DC.
The McPherson Square Metro station is on the orange, blue, and silver
lines; Farragut North (red line) is also very close by.
On Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 12:00 pm
EDT, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources will host a remote oversight
hearing
titled, “Impacts of Abandoned Offshore Oil and Gas Infrastructure and
the Need for Stronger Federal Oversight.”
As the April GAO report and Huntington Beach
spill make clear, offshore oil and gas infrastructure—including active
and abandoned pipelines, wells, platforms, and other equipment—pose
serious risks to coastal communities and wildlife. Abandoned
infrastructure, including old pipelines left on the seafloor, can pose
environmental, fishing, and navigation hazards and create obstructions
that potentially result in taxpayers paying for cleanup and removal
costs. In late August, Hurricane Ida tore through the Gulf region,
causing multiple oil leaks from aging energy infrastructure, including
abandoned pipelines.
“The oil and gas industry has ignored public health and the environment
for decades, and what’s happening in Huntington Beach today will keep
happening to more American communities until Congress steps in,”
Grijalva said. “As long as the industry is given a free hand to operate
with impunity and dodge responsibility for the mess they cause and leave
behind, there will be more disasters. This Committee is moving quickly
to protect our coastlines and the communities that rely on them by
setting the standards the industry refuses to set for itself.”
President
Biden has a choice to make: Will he side with the people or a handful of
fossil fuel executives? It’s a test with results that will determine the
future of our planet and the wellbeing of future generations that will
inhabit it. We are putting our bodies on the
line to ensure
President Biden passes this crucial test.
As we face the worsening climate emergency, frontline communities have
been fighting the fossil fuel projects which threaten their health and
homes for generations. While our government has largely ignored their
demands, climate chaos has intensified across the globe. The Glasgow UN
climate summit in November is the “last, best chance” for our government
to change course and ensure a just, renewable energy future for all of
us.
This is not a single “day of action”, but instead a wave of action from
October 11th – 15th that will involve civil disobedience to put
sustained pressure and a bigger spotlight on our demands. If that
involves risking arrest, we are prepared and willing to take that risk
and deal with the consequences. We believe that the risks of inaction
are far greater than the risks of taking action.
All components of the actions — trainings the night before and the start
of the actions themselves — will be at McPherson Square in downtown DC.
The McPherson Square Metro station is on the orange, blue, and silver
lines; Farragut North (red line) is also very close by.
President
Biden has a choice to make: Will he side with the people or a handful of
fossil fuel executives? It’s a test with results that will determine the
future of our planet and the wellbeing of future generations that will
inhabit it. We are putting our bodies on the
line to ensure
President Biden passes this crucial test.
As we face the worsening climate emergency, frontline communities have
been fighting the fossil fuel projects which threaten their health and
homes for generations. While our government has largely ignored their
demands, climate chaos has intensified across the globe. The Glasgow UN
climate summit in November is the “last, best chance” for our government
to change course and ensure a just, renewable energy future for all of
us.
This is not a single “day of action”, but instead a wave of action from
October 11th – 15th that will involve civil disobedience to put
sustained pressure and a bigger spotlight on our demands. If that
involves risking arrest, we are prepared and willing to take that risk
and deal with the consequences. We believe that the risks of inaction
are far greater than the risks of taking action.
All components of the actions — trainings the night before and the start
of the actions themselves — will be at McPherson Square in downtown DC.
The McPherson Square Metro station is on the orange, blue, and silver
lines; Farragut North (red line) is also very close by.
President
Biden has a choice to make: Will he side with the people or a handful of
fossil fuel executives? It’s a test with results that will determine the
future of our planet and the wellbeing of future generations that will
inhabit it. We are putting our bodies on the
line to ensure
President Biden passes this crucial test.
As we face the worsening climate emergency, frontline communities have
been fighting the fossil fuel projects which threaten their health and
homes for generations. While our government has largely ignored their
demands, climate chaos has intensified across the globe. The Glasgow UN
climate summit in November is the “last, best chance” for our government
to change course and ensure a just, renewable energy future for all of
us.
This is not a single “day of action”, but instead a wave of action from
October 11th – 15th that will involve civil disobedience to put
sustained pressure and a bigger spotlight on our demands. If that
involves risking arrest, we are prepared and willing to take that risk
and deal with the consequences. We believe that the risks of inaction
are far greater than the risks of taking action.
All components of the actions — trainings the night before and the start
of the actions themselves — will be at McPherson Square in downtown DC.
The McPherson Square Metro station is on the orange, blue, and silver
lines; Farragut North (red line) is also very close by.
President
Biden has a choice to make: Will he side with the people or a handful of
fossil fuel executives? It’s a test with results that will determine the
future of our planet and the wellbeing of future generations that will
inhabit it. We are putting our bodies on the
line to ensure
President Biden passes this crucial test.
As we face the worsening climate emergency, frontline communities have
been fighting the fossil fuel projects which threaten their health and
homes for generations. While our government has largely ignored their
demands, climate chaos has intensified across the globe. The Glasgow UN
climate summit in November is the “last, best chance” for our government
to change course and ensure a just, renewable energy future for all of
us.
This is not a single “day of action”, but instead a wave of action from
October 11th – 15th that will involve civil disobedience to put
sustained pressure and a bigger spotlight on our demands. If that
involves risking arrest, we are prepared and willing to take that risk
and deal with the consequences. We believe that the risks of inaction
are far greater than the risks of taking action.
All components of the actions — trainings the night before and the start
of the actions themselves — will be at McPherson Square in downtown DC.
The McPherson Square Metro station is on the orange, blue, and silver
lines; Farragut North (red line) is also very close by.
President
Biden has a choice to make: Will he side with the people or a handful of
fossil fuel executives? It’s a test with results that will determine the
future of our planet and the wellbeing of future generations that will
inhabit it. We are