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The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for legislation and oversight of the natural and built environment and for studying matters concerning environmental protection and resource conservation and utilitization.
In political theory, deliberative democracy has been discussed as a political model more compatible with environmental goals. Deliberative democracy is a system in which informed political equals weigh values, information, and expertise, and debate priorities to make decisions, as opposed to a democracy based on interest aggregation. [30]
The subcommittee was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, but was renamed during committee organization of the 110th Congress, after responsibility over global warming issues transferred to the Subcommittees on Public Sector Solutions and Subcommittee on Private Sector Solutions to Global Warming.
Transportation is the largest contributor to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, making it a target for Democrats seeking to lower those emissions ...
Democratic Senate leadership and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) have reached an agreement to separately reform federal energy permitting in exchange for Manchin’s support for a larger social ...
The Green Liberal Democrats has been a very active pressure group within the Liberal Democrats over the years and in 2018 celebrated 30 years of existence with a conference, also held in Nottingham, also organised by Keith Melton and also with (now Sir) Simon Hughes as the initial speaker. The significance of the group and its influence on the ...
The Democratic party's foremost environmental concern is climate change. [15] Democrats, most notably former Vice President Al Gore , have pressed for stern regulation of greenhouse gases . On October 15, 2007, Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to build greater knowledge about man-made climate change and laying the foundations for ...
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act; Solid waste disposal and recycling; Chemical Issues Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Control and Prevention (OCSPP) Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation Board; Toxic Substances Control Act