Full committee
markup
of The Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 8790). The
legislation,
co-sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Scott Peters
(D-Calif.), expedites logging approvals in the name of wildfire
prevention.
Original cosponsors include Representatives Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29),
John Curtis (R-UT-3), Ami Bera (D-CA-6), Pete Stauber (R-MN-8), Jimmy
Panetta (D-CA-19), Tom McClintock (R-CA-5), Jim Costa (D-CA-21), Tom
Tiffany (R-WI-7), John Duarte (R-CA-13), and James Moylan (R-GU).
The Fix Our Forests Act is supported by logging giant Rayonier and
logging industry representatives American Forests, the American Forest
Resource Council, the American Loggers Council, the Arkansas Forestry
Association, Associated California Loggers, the Forest Landowners
Association, the Forest Resources Association, and the Hardwood
Federation; by Edison Electric Institute; by the corporate-backed
Bipartisan Policy Center; by the hard-right Property and Environment
Research Center (PERC); by the conservative conservation organizations
the Evangelical Environmental Network, the Theodore Roosevelt
Conservation Partnership, the American Conservation Coalition Action,
the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Boone and Crockett Club, the
Dallas Safari Club; by the Silicon Valley forest-advocacy group MegaFire
Action; by the National Congress of American Indians and Potlach Deltic;
and by the National Association of Counties.
The Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce will hold a
hearing
on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 10 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell
Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The
Fiscal Year 2025 Department of Commerce Budget.”
The hearing will focus on technology and manufacturing (including AI and
the blockchain), travel and tourism.
The purpose of this
hearing
is to examine the Department of Energy’s (DOE) fiscal year 2025 (FY25)
budget request to Congress and the impact this proposed funding could
have on civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial
application programs at the Department.
We will be
protesting at
one of the world’s largest insurers of new oil and gas projects. Join us
as we take disruptive direct action , demanding that these companies
stop insuring new oil and gas projects. Without insurance, there would
be no gas expansion, we are demanding they stop providing insurance for
these racist projects.
Meet at Library Stairs at Bryant Park, 476 5th Ave, New York,
NY 10018
Mark your
calendars: Mi’kmaq
grandmothers to visit DC on Thursday, June 20 from Nova Scotia. Come
hear their stories of protecting sacred indigenous land from the false
claims and reckless pipeline plans of Washington Gas’s parent company,
AltaGas, in Canada.
Cheryl and April Maloney, who led the Mi’kmaq campaign, will tell their
story with words, photos, and video. They’ll describe their “spiritual”
campaign that began with the building of a sacred fire near the gas
company’s proposed pipeline operation, invoking the spirit and guidance
of their ancestors. For nearly ten years, these heroic leaders fought –
and won – a bruising pipeline fight against AltaGas.
Along the way, they encountered the kind of false claims, greed, and
fossil fuel expansion efforts that Washington Gas now demonstrates
almost daily across DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia.
WHAT: Indigenous Grandmothers vs. AltaGas,
Washington Gas’ Parent Company — A Cautionary Tale for Washington, DC!
WHERE: Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500
16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
WHEN: Thursday, June 20, 6:30 PM-8:00 PM.
Doors open at 6:00 PM.
WHAT ELSE: This event is
FREE and drinks will be provided.
The purpose of this
hearing
is to receive testimony on the following bills:
S. 2944, to enable the people of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to
determine the political status of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
for other purposes (Wicker);
S. 3231, to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent,
nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico
and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that
permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and
for other purposes (Heinrich).
