E&E Daily http://www.eedaily.com The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 As the Senate Finance Committee moved through a markup of its revenue package for the surface transportation bill earlier this week, Sen. Mike Enzi made a declaration that caused more than a few jaws to drop: He wanted to raise the gas tax. SPOTLIGHT Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/1 Half a dozen House Republicans yesterday voiced opposition to Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) plan to allow oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to help pay for highway projects. SPOTLIGHT Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/2 Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) yesterday laid out an agenda for his House Energy and Commerce Committee subpanel that includes a deeper examination of the Clean Air Act, as well as… ON THE HILL Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/3 A top House Republican said yesterday that federal energy regulators aren't meeting their responsibilities for protecting the country's electric grid in light of potential threats posed by U.S. EPA's new… ON THE HILL Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/4 In response to alarming reports by consumer watchdogs, two House Democrats this week introduced legislation aimed at limiting the amount of lead and arsenic in fruit juices. Reps. Frank Pallone… ON THE HILL Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/5 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) yesterday expressed serious concerns with House-passed legislation to facilitate a large copper mine in Arizona. The most contentious issue at a… ON THE HILL Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/6 Iowa's entire congressional delegation is urging Hill leadership to renew a wind energy tax credit that is scheduled to expire at the end of this year, showing growing bipartisan support… ON THE HILL Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/7 Three Kentucky Republicans are demanding that the Energy Department use its authority to re-enrich a stockpile of used uranium in their state, keeping a plant going and saving hundreds of… ON THE HILL Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/8 Regulations, climate change, energy development and Barack Obama were all on the menu yesterday when right-wing commentators took on the president's environmental policies at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.… ON THE HILL Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/9 Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio yesterday reintroduced a bill that would create a $1.8 billion grant program for cash-strapped communities struggling to update their aging sewer infrastructure. The "Clean… ON THE HILL Fri Feb 10 09:01:00 -0500 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/02/10/10