Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:12 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, June 29
By Amy Harder, NationalJournal.com
1) Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is writing a bill that would cap greenhouse gas emissions of utilities only (Environment & Energy Daily -- subscription). Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has asked utilities to come up with a cap they can "live with" (Politico).
2) Administration officials say that President Obama's meeting today with 23 senators will focus on the "vehicle" for a bill and who will take the lead (Politico). Graham won't be going (The Hill).
3) Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, will have a chance to push their "cap-and-dividend" bill at the meeting (CongressDailyAM -- subscription).
4) Top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to major oil companies Monday asking for more information about their oil spill response plans (CongressDailyAM -- subscription).
5) BP will continue to send oil to other platforms if the relief wells it's drilling don't work (Bloomberg Businessweek). Tropical Storm Alex may delay the efforts to plug the leak by a week (Wall Street Journal).
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