Climate Change (generally)
H.R. 8802
Update Type
Committee Name
Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture
Sponsor Name
Grijalva
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Ariz.
Issue
11
Volume
52
Update Issue
26
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. H7783

would require the Secretary of the Interior and the chief of the Forest Service to align management of public lands and waters with the president's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.

S. 4850
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Thune
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-S.D.
Issue
11
Volume
52
Update Issue
26
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. S4619

would amend Public Law No. 117-169 to prohibit EPA from using funds for methane monitoring to be used to monitor emissions of methane from livestock.

Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy
E.O. 14081
09/12/2022
87 Fed. Reg. 56849 (Sept. 15, 2022)

Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Rising Tides-Toward a Federal Climate Resilience Fund
Author
Alisa White
Author Bios (long)

Alisa White is a 2023 J.D. candidate at Yale Law School, and a Master of Environmental Science candidate at Yale School of the Environment.

Date
September 2022
Volume
52
Issue
9
Page
10703
Type
Articles
Summary

Climate impacts in the United States disproportionately fall on low-income communities and communities of color. As the costs of climate adaptation mount, municipalities and states have brought litigation against fossil fuel companies to recover for extensive damage caused by climate change. Drawing on lessons from previous tobacco and asbestos suits, this Article argues that damages litigation—while properly heard in state courts—has significant shortcomings as an equitable climate change adaptation strategy. It proposes a federal statutory response: first, establish a Climate Adaptation Priorities (CAP) list modelled after CERCLA’s National Priorities List; second, disburse funds for climate change resilience directly to community groups and local and tribal governments; and third, fund the climate resilience fund with fees on present and historical emissions by fossil fuel companies, as well as a capital gains tax on fossil fuel asset transactions.

H.R. 8589
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Financial Services
Sponsor Name
Hill
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ariz.
Issue
9
Volume
52
Update Issue
22
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. H7537

would prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing the proposed rule titled "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors."

H. Res. 1272
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Johnson
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ohio
Issue
9
Volume
52
Update Issue
22
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. H7170

would request the president to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to plans to declare a "climate emergency" in order to invoke emergency authorities to impose regulations on industrial activity, or the supply and delivery of energy or electric power, in the United States.