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The coming Senate energy, environment committee shuffle
There are two top candidates to lead Democrats on both Energy and Natural Resources and Environment and Public Works.
'The three climateers' represent a new type of climate hawk on Capitol Hill
Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are relatively young — at least by Senate standards — and also come from parts of the country that are facing different climate disasters.
New Mexico leaders call on Biden to take action on climate change
After President Joe Biden’s signature piece of environmental legislation appeared to stall in the U.S. Senate, New Mexico leaders and activists called on the President to use his executive powers to declare a “climate emergency” and take steps to address pollution throughout the country.
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Martin Heinrich: To fight climate change, replace fossil fuels at home and work
To slow global warming, we need to electrify vast parts of our economy and power it with clean energy.
thehill.com
Groups petition EPA to remove ethane and methane from list of compounds exempt from emissions limits
Hundreds of environmental groups on Tuesday submitted a petition calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to curtail ethane and methane emissions responsible for smog.
Biden's proposed oil drilling ban may not be a hit with Democrats in New Mexico
The spotlight on the oil-producing state comes as the president-elect appears primed to pick a New Mexico Democrat to be his interior secretary.
www.politico.com
Amid jostling for Biden energy roles, New Mexicans stake claim on Interior
Progressives, moderate Democrats are angling for key jobs if Biden wins the White House.
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