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November 2008 Archives
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will be under new leadership in the next Congress: Rep. Henry Waxman of California is in, Rep. John Dingell of Michigan is out. How will the change affect congressional efforts to pass climate change legislation?
-- Margaret Kriz, NationalJournal.com
5 responses: Thomas Gibson, Cal Dooley, Bill Kovacs, David Kreutzer, Linda Stuntz
A coalition of 31 national environmental organizations recently called on President-elect Barack Obama to work with Congress to pass ambitious economy-wide climate change legislation, while moving ahead under the Clean Air Act to set greenhouse gas emission limits on electric power plants, cars and fuels. Do you agree with this approach? Is immediate action on global warming necessary?
-- Margaret Kriz, NationalJournal.com
15 responses: Cal Dooley, Jonathan Pershing, Hal Quinn, Bill Kovacs, Jon A. Anda, Margaret Kriz, Skip Horvath, Jay Apt, Randall Swisher, Carl Pope, Jack Gerard, Thomas Gibson, David Kreutzer, Bill Kovacs, Fred Krupp
National security trumped wildlife today in the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision [PDF] allowing the Navy to use active sonar during submarine training off the California coast. Environmentalists unsuccessfully argued that the sonar exercises are damaging some populations of whales. What's your view of this landmark decision? Could the ruling have wider consequences for wildlife protection efforts?
-- Margaret Kriz, NationalJournal.com
Before leaving office, the Bush administration hopes to implement a host of wide-ranging regulations affecting the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air Act, public lands protections and other key energy and environmental policies. Which of these rules are the most troublesome? Which are the most overdue?
-- Margaret Kriz, NationalJournal.com
4 responses: Carl Pope, Jeff Holmstead, Linda Stuntz, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass.
The election results are in! The Democrats have won the White House and made gains in the House and Senate. What specific changes in U.S. energy and environmental policy will these new leaders seek and what changes will they be able to complete?
-- Margaret Kriz, NationalJournal.com
16 responses: Rob Stavins, David Parker, Dave McCurdy, Bill Kovacs, Hal Quinn, Linda Stuntz, Randall Swisher, Mindy Lubber, Jack Gerard, Frances Beinecke, Skip Horvath, Jon A. Anda, Larry Schweiger, Paul Portney, Carl Pope, Skip Bowman
