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“A View From the Capitol” CLEAN AIR: Law, Policy, and Practice Greg Dotson House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) • Chairman, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee – Principal Oversight Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives • Senior Democrat on House Energy and Commerce Committee – Chairman, Health and Environment Subcommittee, 1979 to 1994 A New Dynamic on Climate Change Policy • Science • Media • Business • Supreme Court • Public Understanding Change in Leadership in the House • “as long as I am subcommittee chairman, [regulating greenhouse gases] is off the table indefinitely. I don't want there to be any uncertainty about that.” – Chairman Joe Barton, March 14, 2001 • "We should set ambitious goals and targets for that legislation. It should stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that will avoid or avert largescale climate change consequences. That will require a reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions of between 60, and perhaps as much as 80, percent by 2050." – Chairman John Dingell, June 27, 2007 Rep. Waxman’s Climate Legislation • Safe Climate Act, H.R. 1590 – 144 cosponsors • Carbon Neutral Government Act, H.R. 2635 – • • Passed by the House Global Climate and Ozone Layer Protection Act, H.R. 3448 – supported by both enviros and industry Moratorium on Uncontrolled Power Plants – announced yesterday Energy Bill • Coordinates Energy Policy with Environmental goals – Renewable Energy Standard – Energy Efficiency Improvements – CAFE in the Senate – Tax title • Analyses show could get us 19-44% of the way there House Oversight Committee Investigations • CEQ • DOT Lobbying • Transmission Corridors • Uncontrolled Coal-Fired Power Plants House Oversight Committee • Additional Hearings – “Black Carbon and Global Warming” – “Achievements and Opportunities for Climate Protection under the Montreal Protocol” Proposed Uncontrolled Power Plants Compared to State Programs to Reduce Emissions 5-Year Comparison of Regional CO2 Reduction Programs and Coal-Fired Plants 200 180 160 MTCO2 140 120 112 100 60 63.5 Reduction Programs Coal-Fired Plant Emissions 100 80 60 40 20 0 House Oversight and Government Reform http://oversight.house.gov/