Friday, January 29, 2010 9:40 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, Jan. 29
By Amy Harder, NationalJournal.com
1) President Obama will likely triple the loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors in his 2011 budget, from $18.5 billion to $54 billion. The Energy Department is expected today to announce a commission to address nuclear waste (Bloomberg News).
2) The United States on Thursday formally agreed to the Copenhagen Accord. U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern said the country will aim to cut its emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 (Reuters).
3) House Natural Resources Chairman Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., has joined the Congressional Coal Caucus, which has grown from six members to 43 since launching Monday, according to a co-founder's office (The Hill).
4) More than 30 environmental groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Friends of the Earth, released their annual "green budget" of measures they are calling on the government to adopt (Environment & Energy Daily -- subscription).
5) Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln is the first senator the League of Conservation Voters has dubbed one of its "Dirty Dozen" candidates it will work to defeat this year (Politico).
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