E&E Daily http://www.eedaily.com The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 The Senate is poised to approve a measure tomorrow that would force the Bush administration to suspend oil deliveries to the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but the White House has opposed calls in recent weeks to stop filling the emergency stockpile. SPOTLIGHT Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/1 Conservative Republicans are stirring up opposition to the farm bill conference agreement, as it faces its first crucial test of whether it has enough backing to become law. The House… ON THE HILL Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/2 A pair of hearings this week will continue congressional efforts to explore the growing ties between agricultural and energy policy. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets Wednesday for a hearing… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/3 A Senate Appropriations subcommittee will grill Federal Trade Commission members this week about their oversight of energy markets, a hearing that comes as record gasoline prices are playing a starring… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/4 The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will check in this week on efforts to develop oil shale, a resource found in abundance in several Western states that also comes… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/5 The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Friday he will support climate change legislation expected on the Senate floor next month. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had said he would withhold his… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/6 Three years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita stranded about one-fifth of the yearly oil refining output in the Gulf of Mexico, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will examine… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/7 Amid growing concern that harmful chemicals may be present in many common, everyday products, a Senate Commerce subcommittee will meet Wednesday to discuss the state of two chemicals in particular… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/8 Two proposals that would greatly expand existing marine sanctuaries will come up for a vote this week in the Senate Commerce Committee. The panel is also scheduled to vote on… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/9 The chairman of the Senate Republican Conference on Friday called on the United States' top scientists to embark upon a new "Manhattan Project" for clean energy. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/10 The feasibility of legislation that would require industry to drastically cut mercury emissions will be a point of contention at tomorrow's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. S. 2643,… IN THE SENATE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/11 House Democrats this week are expected to launch another bid to move a renewable energy tax package through Congress, believing that they are on the verge of a compromise that… IN THE HOUSE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/12 A House committee will meet Wednesday to look at how building green can reduce the nation's impact on global warming. As Congress moves forward with cap-and-trade and energy legislation, the… IN THE HOUSE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/13 A trio of wilderness bills will be up for consideration in the House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday, including one that would protect more than 190,000 acres of Southern California… IN THE HOUSE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/14 The West Coast salmon disaster, which has left fish stocks decimated and commercial fishers without any catch, will come up for review in a panel of the House Natural Resources… IN THE HOUSE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/15 Scientists and advocates will tackle the effect of nutrients on water quality in the Great Lakes at a Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee field hearing in Port Huron, Mich., today.… IN THE HOUSE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/16 A panel of scientists will discuss water supply challenges facing the United States in the years ahead amid growing concerns over climate change and dwindling resources at a House Science… IN THE HOUSE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/17 A House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee this week will examine the effect potential mergers of major U.S. airlines would have on the aviation industry as a whole. Aviation Subcommittee Chairman… IN THE HOUSE Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/18 Where do U.S. consumers rank compared to the rest of the world in terms of environmentally conscious choices and habits? During today's OnPoint, Terry Garcia, executive vice president of mission… E&ETV's OnPoint Mon May 12 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/05/12/19