ENVIRONMENT AMERICA, INC. for ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 2401, dealing with restrictions on EPA standards for air pollution from power plants. S. 1397. the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Act. Extending the Production Tax Credit for wind power. Legislation we are supporting has not yet been introduced.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); President of the U.S.; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2401 (112th), S. 1397 (112th)

Transportation TRA

2017-2025 EPA/DOT/NHTSA GHG and fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks. Federal Transportation Reauthorization Bill (no legislative text), all provisions related to transit and bicycle and pedestrian funding; S. 948, Promoting Electric Vehicles Act; Rulemaking on fuel efficiency and global warming emissions standards for light-duty vehicles in years 2017-2025; Rulemaking on fuel efficiency and global warming emisisons standards for heavy duty vehicles in years 2014-2018. Administrative rulemaking for 2017-2025 fuel efficiency and global warming pollution standards for cars and light trucks.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 948 (112th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Both houses against drilling and for more oil demand reduction. S. 689, Energy Security Act of 2011; S. 1294, Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act of 2011.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 1294 (112th), S. 689 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Opposing anti-environmental riders to the House Interior Appropriations bill. Clean Air Act: Ozone NAAQS. HR 2401, HR. 2250, S. 1392. HR 2401, House TRAIN Act, all provisions relating to delaying utilities from cutting mercury and soot and smog. HR 2681 and 2250, House bills relating to blocking clean-up of mercury from cement plants and boilers. SJ Res 27, Senate resolution related to blocking the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. Restoration of the Clean Water Act, EPA guidance on Waters of the U.S. HR 2018, Interior Appropriations Act, Waters of the U.S. Guidance, Stormwater rulemaking, Mercury and Air Toxics Rule, Ozone standard, Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, Pesticides, Coal Ash.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; President of the U.S.; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2401 (112th), H.R. 2018 (112th), H.R. 2681 (112th), H.R. 2250 (112th), S. 1392 (112th), S.J.Res. 27 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

Opposing anti environmental riders to the House Interior Appropriations bill AND pushing for protections for public lands in OR, MT NM and AZ. S.1265; H.2584, provisions related to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Crater Lake Wilderness Preservation (no legislative text). Grand Canyon 20 year mineral withdrawal.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; President of the U.S.

Bills named: S. 1265 (112th)