Subcommittee
hearing.
The request is for $51.42
billion,
including $25 billion for maintenance of the nuclear arsenal, $8.23
billion for cleanup of DOE environmental
pollution, and $8.58 billion for the Office of Science.
Witnesses:
Jennifer Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Jill Hruby, Under Secretary, National Nuclear Security Administration
The Budget includes $8.5 billion across DOE to
support researchers and entrepreneurs transforming innovations into
commercial clean energy products, including in areas such as: offshore
wind; industrial heat; sustainable aviation fuel; and grid
infrastructure.
The Budget invests $1.6 billion to support clean energy workforce and
infrastructure projects across the Nation, including: $385 million to
weatherize and retrofit homes of low-income Americans; $95 million to
electrify Tribal homes, provide technical assistance to advance Tribal
energy projects, and transition Tribal colleges and universities to
renewable energy; $113 million for the Office of Manufacturing and
Energy Supply Chains to strengthen domestic clean energy supply chains,
and $102 million to support utilities and State and local governments in
building a grid that is more secure, reliable, resilient, and able to
integrate electricity from clean energy sources.
The Office of State and Community Energy Programs includes $385 million
for the Weatherization Assistance Program to weatherize low-income
homes.
The Budget supports $76 million to advance technologies that can enable
earlier detection of methane leaks and integrate across a network of
methane monitoring sensors for more reliable measurement and mitigation
and $150 million to make small quantities of high-assay, low-enriched
uranium (HALEU) available for ongoing advanced nuclear reactor
demonstrations.
S.
4293,
a bill to designate the United States courthouse annex located at 310
South Main Street in London, Kentucky, as the “Eugene E. Siler, Jr.
United States Courthouse Annex”
H.R.
4688,
a bill to direct the Administrator of General Services to sell the
property known as the Webster School
Bill Nelson, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation
The $10.2 billion NSF budget
request includes $897.18
million for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, $500.52 million for
clean energy technologies, $69.50 million for greenhouse gas tracking
research, $30.0 million for the National Discovery Cloud (NDC) for
Climate, and $15.0 million for the the Focus On Recruiting Emerging
Climate and Adaptation Scientists and Transformers (FORECAST) program.
The $25.38 billion NASA budget
request proposes $2.4
billion to fund Earth science and observations that enhance our
understanding of the Earth system and continues efforts to make data
more accessible and useful to a wide range of stakeholders, including
scientists and policymakers. This request also includes over $500
million in Aeronautics to improve aircraft efficiency and reduce the
climate impact of aviation.
Senate Appropriations Committee
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
The purpose of this
hearing
is to examine the opportunities, risks, and challenges associated with
growth in demand for electric power in the United States.
Witnesses:
Benjamin G.S. Fowke III, Interim
CEO and President, American Electric Power
Company
Karen Onaran, President and CEO, Electricity
Consumers Resource Council
Scott Gatzemeier, Corporate Vice President, Front End US Expansion,
Micron Technology
Mark Mills, Executive Director, National Center for Energy Analytics
On Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 2:30 p.m., in Room 1334 Longworth House
Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold an oversight budget
hearing
titled “Examining the President’s FY 2025
Budget Proposal for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and
the Power Marketing Administrations”.
Camille Touton, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the
Interior
Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior
Richard Spinrad, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
& National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator,
Department of Commerce
John Hairston, Administrator and CEO,
Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy
Tracey LeBeau, Administrator and CEO,
Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy
Mike Wech, Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration,
Department of Energy
Virgil Hobbs, Administrator and CEO,
Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy
The home insurance industry is collapsing and failing communities across
the United States. Its collapse is due in part to the impacts of the
climate crisis, but also speaks to more systemic problems of the
industry–it focuses more on profit than providing safe and dignified
homes to people. Meanwhile, policymakers commonly focus on saving the
insurance industry through de-risking instead of interrogating the
deeper root causes of housing instability in a climate-impacted United
States.
This webinar brings together CCP fellows and
allies in a conversation about the contours of the current and future
home insurance crisis and collective visions for policy changes that
will make housing safer and more affordable for all.
Panelists:
Rebecca Elliott, Associate Professor, London School of Economics and
Political Science
Paula Jarzabkowski, Professor, Bayes Business School, University of
London MacKenzie Marcelin, Climate Justice Director, Florida Rising
Seana O’Shaughnessy, CEO, California Housing
Improvement Program
Zac J. Taylor, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology
Jordan Haedtler, Climate Finance Strategist, Climate Cabinet
Moderator:
Moira Birss, Fellow, Climate and Community Project
