Nick covers Capitol Hill and climate change for E&E News. Since joining the company as an intern in 2016, he has reported on the Department of Defense, infrastructure, permitting rollbacks under the Trump administration and American Indian issues. He holds a degree in government and creative writing from Hamilton College.
Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz will lead a private meeting with prominent utility bosses later this morning, according to a Democratic aide, one of the first moves by Senate Democrats' Special Committee on the Climate Crisis.
Lawmakers recycled old arguments about climate change and at one point came close to a partisan shouting match during an Oversight and Reform Committee hearing that often resembled climate fights of old.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will vote tomorrow on legislation aimed at speeding recovery projects in areas hit by natural disasters and a small slate of other bills.
A coalition of unions and environmental groups unveiled a worker-friendly plan today for getting the U.S. to net-zero emissions by 2050, another sign of labor looking to play a role in the climate policy debate amid Green New Deal fervor and 2020 presidential politics.
A House Oversight and Reform subcommittee has lined up a lengthy list of witnesses for what promises to be an old-school partisan brawl over the science of climate change.