Friday, February 26, 2010 9:23 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, Feb. 26
By Amy Harder, NationalJournal.com
1) The U.N. said today it will appoint an independent board of scientists to review the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The panel is part of a broader review of the IPCC that the U.N. will announce next week (Reuters).
2) Efforts led by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to block EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions would harm the auto industry, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday (CongressDailyAM -- subscription).
3) In letter dated Thursday, Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Edward Markey, D-Mass., criticized the American Public Power Association, an electric utility trade group, for supporting Murkowski's efforts (The Hill).
4) Three California state regulators wrote a letter to three top congressional Democrats from the state defending EPA's right to regulate emissions (Washington Post).
5) Wal-Mart said Thursday it would cut its emissions by 20 million metric tons in the next five years, "equivalent to taking 3.8 million cars off the road for a year" (Washington Post).
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