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Witness:

• Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

09/23/2021 at 10:00AM

A hearing before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee will be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Witnesses:

• Ari Matusiak, Chief Executive Officer, Rewiring America
• Dr. Leah Stokes, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Donnel Baird, Founder and CEO, BlocPower LLC
• Dr. Eli Dourado, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University

09/22/2021 at 02:30PM

We invite you to attend a press conference on Wednesday, September 22 at 1pm ET at the U.S. House Triangle (House side of the Capitol’s East Front) to highlight the importance of holding major fossil fuel companies accountable for their massive past global pollution through the Polluters Pay Climate Fund.

Speakers include:

• Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

09/22/2021 at 01:00PM

On Wednesday, September 22, at 9:30 AM ET, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a business meeting to consider several of President Biden’s nominees, legislation to rename federal buildings, and several General Services Administration resolutions.

Immediately following the business meeting, the committee will hold a hearing on the importance of promoting a circular economy.

Witnesses:

• Elizabeth Biser, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
• Roberta Elias, Director, Policy & Government Affairs, World Wildlife Fund
• Brian Hawkinson, Executive Director, Recovered Fiber, American Forest & Paper Association
• William “Billy” Johnson, Chief Lobbyist, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries

09/22/2021 at 10:00AM

On Wednesday, September 22, at 9:30 AM ET, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a business meeting to consider several of President Biden’s nominees, legislation to rename federal buildings, and several General Services Administration resolutions.

Immediately following the business meeting, the committee will hold a hearing on the importance of promoting a circular economy.

• Jeffrey Prieto to be General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency. He was a member of the Biden Agriculture transition team. He was a long-time Department of Justice environmental lawyer who helped set up its environmental justice division. His nomination hearing was on June 16.
• Stephen A. Owens to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
• Jennifer B. Sass to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
• Sylvia E. Johnson to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

09/22/2021 at 09:30AM

The hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nominations of:

• Laura Daniel-Davis to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals Management). She is now the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of that department, and previously worked as Chief of Policy and Advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation, after serving as chief of staff to the Obama secretaries of the Interior.
• Camille Camlille Touton to be Commissioner of Reclamation. She is now deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, and served as senior professional staff for the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, professional staff for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee
• Sara C. Bronin to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. She is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, professor, and policymaker.

09/21/2021 at 10:00AM

THE CLIMATE JOBS SUMMIT

Live video

AGENDA SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

9:30 AM Welcome, Purpose, and Review of the Day

• Gary LaBarbara, President, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and New York State Building and Construction Trades Council & Climate Jobs NY
• Michael Fishman, President and Executive Director, Climate Jobs National Resource Center

Opening Lightning Round: Messages from Labor and Allies on How to Ensure Good Jobs In Clean Energy Industries

• Maulian Dana, Tribal Ambassador, Penobscot Nation
• Eric Dean, General President International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers (IW)
• Lily Gardner, Sunrise Movement member
• Aliya Haq, Vice President, U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
• Becky Pringle, President, National Education Association (NEA)
• Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

CJNRC Video

10:15 AM Ali Zaidi, Deputy White House National Climate Advisor

10:30 AM American Jobs Plan: Impact & Opportunities for Clean Energy and Good Jobs

• Moderator: Lara Skinner, Director, Labor Leading on Climate Initiative, Worker Institute at Cornell University ILR School
• Marilyn Brown, Director, Georgia Tech, Climate and Energy Policy Laboratory
• John Cartwright, President, Toronto/York Labour Council (Retired)
• John Doherty, Special Assistant to the General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)
• John Podesta, Founder and Chair of the Board of Directors, Center for American Progress (CAP)
• Chris Shelton, President, Communication Workers of America (CWA)

12:00 PM Break

12:15 PM Equity and Good Jobs in a Clean Economy: State Strategies for Winning Labor Standards and Equity in Opportunity

• Moderator: Vincent Alvarez, President, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO & Climate Jobs NY
• Priscilla De La Cruz, Senior Director, Government Affairs at Audubon Society of Rhode Island, President of the Environment Council of Rhode Island, Co-host Climate Jobs Illinois
• Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director and Lead Organizer, Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs
• Pat Devaney, Secretary-Treasurer, Illinois AFL-CIO & Climate Jobs Illinois
• Cynthia Phinney, President, Maine State Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
• Melissa Shetler, Executive Director, Pathways to Apprenticeship

1:45 PM Two Concurrent Panel Discussions:

Building Carbon Free and Healthy Schools

• Moderator: Nikki Budzinski, Advisor, Climate Jobs National Resource Center
• Joseph Bryant, President, Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 (SEIU)
• Seanelle Leesang, Science Teacher, IS 68 Brooklyn, United Federation of Teachers (UFT)
• JP Patafio, Bus Operator/VP Transportation Workers Union Local 100 (TWU) & Climate Jobs NY
• Anil Singh, 2021 NYC public schools graduate, Sunrise Movement member
• Justin Thompson, Senior Policy Analyst, National Education Association (NEA)
• Gina Walsh, Deputy Director of Heat and Frost Insulators Cooperative Trust & Climate Jobs Illinois Executive Board

Building a Robust, Equitable Offshore Wind Industry in the U.S.

• Moderator: Lee Smith, Managing Member, American Solar Partners (ASP)
• Hae-Lin Choi, New York State Political Director, Communications Workers of America District 1 (CWA)
• Doreen Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer, NY Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
• Eric Hines, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
• David Langlais, Business Manager, Iron Workers Local 137 (IW)
• Amanda Lefton, Director, Bureau Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM)
• Grant Provost, Business Agent, Iron Workers Local 7 (IW)

3:15 PM Secretary Marty Walsh, U.S. Department of Labor

3:40 PM Liz Shuler, President, AFL-CIO

3:50 PM Closing and Call to Action

Kyle Bragg, President, Service Employees International Union, 32BJ (SEIU) & Climate Jobs NY

4:00 PM Adjourn

09/21/2021 at 09:30AM

The Energy and Commerce Committee will hold the third day of its full Committee markup in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on legislative recommendations for its budget reconciliation instructions, which were passed last month by the House and Senate.

The Committee will consider the following Committee Prints:

• Subtitle A: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Air Pollution – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle B: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Hazardous Materials – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle C: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Drinking Water – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle D: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Energy – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Drug Pricing – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle F: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to the Affordable Care Act – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle G: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Medicaid – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle H: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to CHIP – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle I: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Medicare – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle J: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Public Health – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle K: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Next Generation 9-1-1 – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle L: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Wireless Connectivity – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle M: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Distance Learning – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle N: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Manufacturing Supply Chain – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle O: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to FTC Privacy Enforcement – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
• Subtitle P: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Department of Commerce Inspector General – Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

The Committee’s Memorandum includes a section-by-section for each of the Committee Prints and a fact sheet on key provisions is available.

Grid Decarbonization Standard: $150 billion in a Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) at the Department of Energy (DOE) The CEPP, which complements tax incentives for clean energy, will issue grants to and collect payments from electricity suppliers from 2023 through 2030 based on how much qualified clean electricity each supplier provides to customers.

• An electricity supplier will be eligible for a grant if it increases the amount of clean electricity it supplies to customers by 4 percentage points compared to the previous year. The grant will be $150 for each megawatt-hour of clean electricity above 1.5 percent the previous year’s clean electricity.
• Electricity suppliers must use the grants exclusively for the benefit of their customers, including direct bill assistance, investments in qualified clean electricity and energy efficiency, and worker retention.
• An electricity supplier that does not increase its clean electricity percentage by at least 4 percent compared to the previous year will owe a payment to DOE based on the shortfall. If, for example, the electricity supplier only increases its clean electricity percentage by 2 percent, the supplier will owe $40 for each megawatt-hour that represents the 2 percent shortfall.
• The CEPP gives electricity suppliers the option to defer a grant or a payment for up to two consecutive years.
• Eligible clean electricity is electricity generation with a carbon intensity of not more than 0.10 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per megawatt-hour [i.e., renewable and nuclear].

Other Energy and Climate Provisions:

• $13.5 billion in electric vehicle infrastructure
• $7 billion in multiple loan and grant programs at DOE to support development of innovative technologies and American manufacturing of zero emission transportation technologies
• $9 billion for grid modernization
• $17.5 billion in decarbonizing federal buildings and fleets
• $18 billion in home energy efficiency and appliance electrification rebates
• $27.5 billion in nonprofit, state, and local climate finance institutions that support the rapid deployment of low- and zero-emission technologies. At least 40 percent of investments will be made in low-income and disadvantaged communities
• $2.5 billion for planning and installing solar facilities and community solar projects that serve low-income households or multi-family affordable housing complexes
• $30 billion for the full replacement of lead service lines in drinking water systems
• $10 billion for the cleanup of Superfund sites
• Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants: $5 billion to community-led projects that address environmental and public health harms related to pollution and climate change
• methane fee on pollution from the oil and gas industry above specific intensity thresholds

Health:

• $5 billion in replacing certain heavy-duty vehicles, such as refuse trucks and school buses, with zero emission vehicles Health
• dental, vision, and hearing coverage for seniors under Medicare
• expands Medicaid eligibility to millions of Americans
• $190 billion to expand access to quality home-based services and care for millions of older adults and people with disabilities
• permanently extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
• ensure that all pregnant women on Medicaid will keep their health insurance for the critical first year postpartum
• ensure that Medicaid coverage begins automatically 30 days prior to an individual’s release from incarceration
• $2.86 billion in funding for the World Trade Center Health Program
• $3 billion in funding to establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
• $35 billion in investments to rebuild and modernize public health departments
• $15 billion in targeted investments for pandemic preparedness

Other:

• $10 billion in grants for the implementation of Next Generation 9-1-1 services
• $4 billion to the Emergency Connectivity Fund to ensure students, school staff, and library patrons have internet connectivity
• $10 billion to monitor and identify critical manufacturing supply chain vulnerabilities

Filed amendments:

• Amendment (SUB-I-AMD-SCHRADER_01), to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute filed by Rep. Schrader (D-OR) to Subtitle I: Medicare
• Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (Amdt NCB_1), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (ARMSTRONG_01), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_05), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_06), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_07), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_08A), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_09A), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_10A), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_11A), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_12A), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_13), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_14), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B1_16A), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B2_11), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B3_02), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B3_07), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B3_09), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B3_11), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B3_13), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B3_22), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (B3_25), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (Burgess_01), filed by Rep. Burgess (R-TX) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (CURTIS_01), filed by Rep. Curtis (R-UT) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (Guthrie_01), filed by Rep. Guthrie (R-KY) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (Inflation Amdt to Subtitle A), filed by the Minority to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (LATTA_01), filed by Rep. Latta (R-OH) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (LATTA_02), filed by Rep. Latta (R-OH) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (LATTA_03), filed by Rep. Latta (R-OH) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (LATTA_032), filed by Rep. Latta (R-OH) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (scalise_01), filed by Rep. Scalise (R-LA) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (scalise_02), filed by Rep. Scalise (R-LA) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution
• Amendment (JOHNOH_018A), filed by Rep. Johnson (R-OH) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution;
• Amendment (B3_01), filed by the Minority to Subtitle B: Hazardous Materials
• Amendment (B3_04), filed by the Minority to Subtitle B: Hazardous Materials
• Amendment (B3_15), filed by the Minority to Subtitle B: Hazardous Materials
• Amendment (B3_16), filed by the Minority to Subtitle B: Hazardous Materials;
• Amendment (B3_17), filed by the Minority to Subtitle B: Hazardous Materials
• Amendment (B3_18), filed by the Minority to Subtitle B: Hazardous Materials
• Amendment (Inflation Amdt to Subtitle B), filed by the Minority to Subtitle B: Hazardous Materials
• Amendment (CARTER_01), filed by Rep. Carter (R-GA) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution.
• Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (PETECA_036), filed by Rep. Peters (D-CA) to Subtitle E: Drug Pricing.
• Amendment (Burgess_03), filed by Rep. Burgess (R-TX) to Subtitle A: Air Pollution

09/15/2021 at 11:00AM

On Wednesday, September 15, at 9:30 AM ET, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a business meeting and hearing to consider several of President Biden’s nominees, as well as legislation to rename federal buildings and several General Services Administration resolutions.

The Committee will consider the following items during the business meeting:

• Jeffrey Prieto to be General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Michael Connor to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense
• Stephen A. Owens to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
• Jennifer B. Sass to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
• Sylvia E. Johnson to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Immediately following the business meeting, the Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of:

• Amanda Howe to be Assistant Administrator for Mission Support, Environmental Protection Agency
• David Uhlmann to be Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency
• Carlton Waterhouse to be Assistant Administrator of Land and Emergency Management, Environmental Protection Agency

09/15/2021 at 09:30AM

Fourth day of markup. See days one, two, and three.

Markup of:

• Subtitle A. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Universal Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Subtitle B. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Retirement
• Subtitle C. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Child Care Access and Equity
• Subtitle D. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Trade Adjustment Assistance
• Part 1 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Pathways to Health Careers
• Part 2 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Elder Justice
• Part 3 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Part 4 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Coverage
• Committee Print Consisting of Subtitles F, G, H, and J: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Infrastructure Financing, Green Energy, Social Safety Net, and Prescription Drugs – Summary

09/15/2021 at 09:00AM