Friday, October 30, 2009 7:53 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, Oct. 30
By Amy Harder, NationalJournal.com
1) "Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer intends to start marking up climate legislation Tuesday, although panel Republicans might still prevent that from occurring" (CongressDailyAM -- subscription). EPW ranking Republican James Inhofe "signaled that he has unanimous support among the panel's minority members to boycott the session until they get more data on the legislation" (Environment & Energy Daily -- subscription).
2) At a House hearing Thursday, Democratic lawmakers condemned the lobbying tactics of a coal trade group that sent fake climate change letters to Congress (NationalJournal.com). Democrats investigating the letters are using the scandal to "build momentum for Senate passage of" climate change "legislation and perhaps weaken the voice of critics" (Environment & Energy Daily -- subscription).
3) A company's plan to drill for natural gas in a Colorado plateau -- and the resistance its plan is facing -- "could influence the fate of thousands of acres in the high country known as the intermountain West." (New York Times)
4) "A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on Thursday to build a 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas, using turbines made in China." The farm, which will cost $1.5 billion to build, marks the first time a Chinese manufacturer will export wind turbines to the U.S. (New York Times).
5) A coal-powered plant in West Virginia is the first in the country to employ carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology -- the process of injecting carbon into the ground rather than the atmosphere. The project "may show emissions from existing coal-fired power plants can be reduced enough to meet limits set in" climate change legislation (Bloomberg News).
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