In This Issue:

- Energy and Climate Debate

- Congress

- Administration

- Department of Energy

- Department of Interior

- Environmental Protection Agency

- International

- States

- Sustainability

- Miscellaneous

- Excerpt from Energy and Climate Debate:

Energy and climate issues continue to garner significant attention with a week to go before the Presidents Day recess.

House Energy and Commerce Chair Fred Upton (R-MI) and Subcommittee on Energy and Power Chair Ed Whitfield (R-KY) released February 9 their broad energy policy framework. The Architecture of Abundance: A Legislative Framework document focuses on modernizing energy infrastructure, the domestic energy workforce, energy diplomacy, and increasing energy efficiency. They are preparing a series of discussion drafts for release in the coming months. The framework closely resembles Chairman Upton’s summer 2014 efforts. House Energy and Commerce Democrats stated soon after the outline’s release that they hope to actively participate in drafting new energy legislation. In an effort to develop bipartisan support for the measure, Representative Upton is leaving out contentious language such as Republican efforts to block or stall Environmental Protection Agency regulations.