Energy & Environment Update - October 2014 #2

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In This Issue:

- Energy and Climate Debate

- Congress

- Administration

- Department of Commerce

- Department of Defense

- Department of Energy

- Department of State

- Environmental Protection Agency

- National Aeronautics and Space Administration

- Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- International

- States

- Miscellaneous

- Excerpt from Energy and Climate Debate:

With a little over three weeks to go before the elections, and just a bit more than that until the next round of international climate negotiations, the United States is trying to determine how, and how much, to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade.

Whether and how Congress addresses climate and energy legislation in the coming two, four, or more years will become slightly clearer three weeks from now, when either Democrats retain control of the Senate, or the balance of power flips in favor of Republican leadership. Though the majority will be slim, the focus issues could be different, particularly if Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) campaign prevails, Republicans take control of the upper chamber, and he becomes Majority Leader. Whether or not he becomes Majority Leader, Senator McConnell has promised to continue his battle against Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations. Should Democrats retain control of the Senate, Congress is likely to continue in much the same vein for the next several years: unable to pass comprehensive climate or energy legislation, and facing difficult battles even on much smaller measures.

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