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Yvo de Boer, the former head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change who presided over the epic 2009 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, says he learned nothing new in reports that the United States spied on diplomats there and prefers not to dwell on the past.
The Senate's uncommon alliance on flood insurance led to an even rarer outcome yesterday, one in which conservatives sought more spending and Democrats abandoned environmental groups.
The Government Accountability Office has agreed to review U.S. EPA's process for selecting members of its network of almost two dozen advisory committees, Senate Democrats said in a news release yesterday. (E&E News PM, )
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said yesterday that she plans to press Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke about accusations of retaliation lobbed by a former policy analyst over climate-related work in her home state. (E&E News PM, )
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse yesterday delivered a stern chamber-floor critique of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the lobbying giant that annually tops lists of outside spending. (E&E News PM, )
Getting help soon? (Climatewire, )
Former Vice President Al Gore yesterday appeared on Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) podcast to promote his new movie, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." (Greenwire, )
NextGen Climate has a new name and an expanded focus. The advocacy group founded by billionaire Tom Steyer is now NextGen America, indicating a shift from climate and environmental issues to progressive issues broadly. (Greenwire, )
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