POLLUTION related term(s) Ecology and Environment

Addresses

New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence: Senator Alexander, S1924 [25MR]

Articles and editorials

Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic, S1923 [25MR]

Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends—Bipartisan Agreement on How To Combat Climate Change, S5046 [24JY]

How Much Global Warming Is Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Locking In?, S4917 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: conduct study on science of background ozone and its impact on poor air quality and provide recommendations to address pollution (see H.R. 4656), H8111 [11OC]

——— establish a cost of climate pollution from greenhouse gases for carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide to be used by Federal agencies (see S. 1745), S3251 [5JN]

——— preserve appropriate and achievable Federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and corporate average fuel economy for cars and light trucks (see H.R. 978), H1361 [5FE]

——— support U.S. clean vehicle emissions standards and defend authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution (see S. Res. 316), S5577 [18SE] (see H. Con. Res. 65), H7835 [19SE]

America Recycles Day: observance (see S. Res. 422), S6605 [14NO]

Animals: require all persons exercising substantial operational control over a concentrated animal feeding operation to jointly obtain a permit for certain discharges (see H.R. 3844), H7150 [18JY]

BLM: convey certain lands to Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO), facilitate resolution of environmental remediation and reclamation, resolve potential U.S. liability, and promote economic development in Lyon County, NV (see H.R. 1813), H2754 [18MR]

CDC: reauthorize Climate and Health Program (see H.R. 3819), H7149 [18JY]

CERCLA: amend public participation requirements (see H.R. 3382), H5005 [20JN]

——— provide for use of funds in Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 4088), H7476 [26JY]

Climate: acknowledge climate emergency which demands massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes (see S. Con. Res. 22), S4907 [17JY] (see H. Con. Res. 52), H5303 [9JY]

——— affirm U.S. commitment to a safe and healthy climate for future generations and solutions to restore the climate (see H. Con. Res. 35), H3279 [22AP]

——— codify Executive order preparing the U.S. for impacts of climate change (see S. 2239), S5012 [23JY]

——— continue to cooperate with international community and exercise global leadership to address causes and effects of climate change (see S. Res. 404), S6334 [31OC]

——— establish Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy and authorize admission of climate-displaced persons (see S. 2565), S5747 [26SE] (see H.R. 4732), H8227 [17OC]

——— protect through increasing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency standards, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 330), H283 [8JA]

——— require Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service to meet certain targets for reduction of emission of greenhouse gases (see H.R. 5435), H10305 [16DE]

——— support teaching climate change in schools (see H. Res. 574), H7866 [20SE]

Climate Action Rebate Fund: create to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide rebates to consumers, encourage innovation of clean energy technologies, and create new economic opportunities (see S. 2284), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4051), H7466 [25JY]

Coastal zones: improve ability of NOAA, Coast Guard, and coastal States to sustain healthy oceans and coastal ecosystems by maintaining capabilities relative to oil spill preparedness, prevention, and response (see H.R. 2352), H3279 [22AP]

Conservation of natural resources: establish a national goal on conserving U.S. lands and oceans (see S. Res. 372), S5966 [22OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention (see H.R. 2141), H3128 [8AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), instruct conferees on prohibiting use of certain firefighting foam (see S. Res. 334), S5706 [25SE]

——— enhance readiness by adapting infrastructure and operations to address climate change and improving energy and resource efficiency (see S. 1498), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 2759), H3841 [15MY]

Dept. of Energy: carry out Clean Cities Coalition Program (see H.R. 5518), H12290 [19DE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct study on public health and environmental impacts of production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke (see S. 757), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1675), H2646 [11MR]

——— develop a national strategic action plan and program to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 523), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1243), H2030 [14FE]

Dept. of State: establish positions of Climate Security Envoy and Special Representative for the Arctic and outline policies on relationship between climate change and national security (see S. 745), S1792 [12MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize partnerships between States and nongovernmental entities to reclaim and restore land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activities before a certain date (see H.R. 315), H283 [8JA]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 4007), H7464 [25JY]

——— establish program to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed (see S. 2591), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 4967), H8718 [31OC]

——— promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by mining (see S. 1232), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2156), H3216 [9AP]

——— protect taxpayers from liability associated with reclamation of surface coal mining operations (see H.R. 4435), H7865 [20SE]

——— provide that production safety systems rule and well control rule shall have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted by Congress (see H.R. 1335), H2100 [25FE]

Dept. of the Navy: take leading role in mitigation of cross-border spills, discharges, and debris in the Tijuana River that impact national security interests (see H. Res. 511), H7241 [23JY]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a program to provide secured loans to private entities to carry out projects for transportation of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (see H.R. 4905), H8594 [29OC]

——— enhance safety of Class 3 flammable liquid transportation by rail (see S. 2402), S5248 [31JY]

——— require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs (see H.R. 3822), H7149 [18JY]

——— require State and local transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (see S. 2084), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 5354), H9346 [6DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: concede exposure to airborne hazards and toxins from burn pits under certain circumstances (see S. 2950), S6756 [21NO]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with open burn pits (see H.R. 4086), H7476 [26JY]

EPA: amend Federal Water Pollution Control Act relative to citizen suits and specification of disposal sites (see H.R. 5341), H9346 [6DE]

——— clarify authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site (see H.R. 843), H1282 [29JA]

——— clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source constitutes a modification under Clean Air Act provisions relative to air pollution from a stationary source (see S. 2105), S4807 [11JY]

——— clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source that emits air pollutants constitutes a modification or construction relative to Clean Air Act standards (see S. 2662), S5965 [22OC] (see H.R. 172), H207 [3JA]

——— designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (see S. 638), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 535), H543 [14JA]

——— designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as toxic pollutants under Federal Water Pollution Control Act allowing regulation of release into waterways (see H.R. 3616), H5269 [2JY]

——— ensure polluters pay ongoing water treatment costs associated with contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see H.R. 2570), H3499 [8MY]

——— establish a consumer recycling education and outreach grant program (see S. 2941), S6755 [21NO]

——— establish a program to defer designation of nonattaiment areas by allowing State and local governments to develop early action compacts to achieve national ambient air quality standards for ozone (see S. 1973), S4505 [25JN]

——— establish an oil spill response and prevention grant program, provide for advances from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and extend and modify application of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate (see S. 865), S1939 [25MR]

——— establish Office of Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs (see S. 2856), S6604 [14NO]

——— exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification under Clean Air Act provisions relative to air pollution from a stationary source (see S. 2104), S4807 [11JY]

——— extend maximum term for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits (see H.R. 1764), H2743 [14MR]

——— give States the option of monitoring covered criteria air pollutants in designated areas by increasing number of air quality sensors in exchange for greater regulatory flexibility in monitoring methods (see H.R. 1284), H2032 [14FE]

——— include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the Toxics Release Inventory (see S. 1507), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 2577), H3500 [8MY]

——— issue final rule adding all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom to hazardous air pollutants list (see H.R. 2605), H3501 [8MY]

——— modify permitting requirements relative to discharge of any pollutant from Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant in certain circumstances (see H.R. 4611), H8095 [4OC]

——— provide regulatory relief for conventional marginally producing oil and gas wells from rule on methane leaks (see H.R. 1391), H2270 [27FE]

——— reauthorize certain water pollution control programs (see H.R. 1497), H2365 [5MR]

——— reauthorize Clean Bus Program to assist communities with reducing emissions from older diesel schoolbuses (see H.R. 2906), H4117 [22MY]

——— reauthorize diesel emissions reduction program (see S. 747), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1768), H2743 [14MR]

——— regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 2600), H3501 [8MY]

——— regulate wastes associated with exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 4006), H7464 [25JY]

——— require testing of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 2608), H3678 [9MY]

——— review and develop effluent standards, pretreatment standards, and water quality criteria for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2980), S6858 [4DE] (see H.R. 5539), H12308 [3JA]

——— revise regulations to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines in Alaska due to emission control devices (see S. 163), S274 [16JA] (see H.R. 422), H358 [9JA]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (see S. 383), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1166), H1580 [13FE]

Eximbank: prohibit from providing financial support for certain high carbon intensity energy projects (see H.R. 4961), H8718 [31OC]

FAA: enter into appropriate arrangements with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution (see S. 2506), S5577 [18SE] (see H.R. 976), H1361 [5FE]

Federal agencies and departments: address environmental justice through agency actions and permitting decisions and strengthen legal protections against environmental injustice for low-income and minority communities (see S. 2236), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 3923), H7241 [23JY]

——— ensure that climate change-related impacts are fully considered in development of national security doctrine, policies, and plans (see H.R. 1201), H1582 [13FE]

——— require political appointees seeking to remove climate change content in a scientific study or press release to publicly provide the scientific reasoning (see H.R. 5355), H9346 [6DE]

FEMA: authorize transitional sheltering assistance for individuals who live in areas with unhealthy air quality caused by wildfires (see S. 1997), S4566 [26JN]

——— develop guidance for firefighters and emergency response personnel on best practices to protect them from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and limit and prevent release of such chemicals into the environment (see S. 2353), S5247 [31JY]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (see S. 181), S293 [17JA]

Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia: develop plan for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in south Florida (see S. 10), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 335), H283 [8JA]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 2050), H3067 [3AP]

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: provide for a study by the Ocean Studies Board examining impact of ocean acidification and other stressors in estuarine environments (see H.R. 988), H1389 [6FE]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (see S. Res. 348), S5749 [26SE] (see H. Res. 565), H7835 [19SE]

National Climate Bank: establish (see S. 2057), S4698 [8JY] (see H.R. 5416), H10257 [12DE]

NOAA: advance research on atmospheric climate intervention modeling and technologies (see H.R. 5519), H12290 [19DE]

——— clarify that during a lapse in appropriations certain services relative to Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecasting System are excepted services under Anti-Deficiency Act (see H.R. 3297), H4700 [14JN]

——— establish Climate Change Education Program (see S. 477), S1326 [13FE] (see H.R. 2349), H3279 [22AP]

Ohio: commend historical environmental progress and restoration in Cuyahoga River Valley and Lake Erie, continue to support environmental protections and improvements, and recognize economic benefit of Cuyahoga River (see S. Res. 290), S5141 [29JY]

Power resources: codify EPA emission standards rule requiring capture of methane gas produced from oil and gas wells and reinstate and enhance BLM rule limiting release of methane gas by energy producers on public lands (see H.R. 2711), H3788 [14MY]

——— transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 5221), H9167 [21NO]

——— update Federal purchase requirement to ensure transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 5142), H8958 [18NO]

Task Force on Super Pollutants: establish to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (see S. 2325), S5195 [30JY] (see H.R. 4143), H7488 [2AU]

Taxation: allow a credit for certain facilities that remediate and reclaim coal refuse sites by producing electricity from coal refuse (see H.R. 4735), H8257 [18OC]

——— enhance requirements for secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for purposes of the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration (see S. 2263), S5107 [25JY]

——— extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 5215), H9167 [21NO]

——— extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 5101), H8878 [14NO]

——— impose a carbon tax on fossil fuel producers and direct funds toward rebuilding infrastructure, consumer tax rebates, and coal country assistance (see H.R. 4142), H7488 [2AU]

——— impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industrial facilities and use revenues to establish a Carbon Dioxide Trust Fund to support families and encourage clean energy technologies (see H.R. 763), H1210 [24JA]

Trump, President: rescind and prohibit funding to enforce Executive order on promoting energy independence and economic growth (see S. 2505), S5577 [18SE]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: authorizing appropriations for Green Climate Fund (see H.R. 4986), H8729 [5NO]

Water: modify payment periods of loans from State revolving funds under Safe Drinking Water Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5513), H12290 [19DE]

Water pollution: establish a pilot competitive grant program for improving the sharing of water quality data (see S. 2767), S6333 [31OC]

Letters

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Coalition, E1131 [11SE]

EPA designation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA: several organizations, H5737 [12JY]

Global effects of climate change: several Senators (1986), S1514 [27FE]

Press releases

Air and Radiation (OAR) EPA Report—Clean Diesel Grants Rack Up Major Air, Health Benefits: EPA, H7543 [9SE]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: prohibit funding to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance that references or relies on analysis of the social cost of carbon, H4746 [18JN]

——— proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, H7821 [19SE], H7840 [20SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: public health benefit projects funding, H4745 [18JN]

CDC: Climate and Health Program funding, H4399 [11JN]

Climate: address climate change, H7768, H7769 [18SE], H7819–H7824 [19SE], H7999 [26SE], H9264 [5DE], H9974 [10DE]

——— effects of climate change, H1379 [6FE], H1999 [14FE], H2803 [26MR], H3140 [9AP], H4307 [4JN], H8870–H8872 [14NO], E750 [11JN], E757 [12JN]

——— use of technology to improve efficiency and protect the environment, H8870–H8872 [14NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding to remove term ‘‘climate change’’ from official publications, H4945, H4946 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination, H7979 [25SE], H8059 [27SE], H10088, H10089 [11DE], E1582 [12DE]

——— enhance readiness by adapting infrastructure and operations to address climate change and improving energy and resource efficiency (H.R. 2759), H3799 [15MY]

——— require annual update of climate vulnerability and risk assessment tool, H5659 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: reinstate production safety systems rule and well control rule, H7630, H7631 [11SE]

Ecology and environment: encourage use of technology to address climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, H7826 [19SE]

——— use of technological innovation to improve the environment, H2707–H2709 [13MR]

EPA: designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA, H5736 [12JY]

——— designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as toxic pollutants under Federal Water Pollution Control Act allowing regulation of release into waterways, H5641, H5642 [11JY]

——— ensure polluters pay ongoing water treatment costs associated with contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (H.R. 2570), H3798 [15MY]

——— funding to identify communities suffering from serious environmental law violations, implement clean up of such communities, and study health impact of multiple sources of pollution, H4949 [20JN]

——— include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the Toxics Release Inventory, H9956 [10DE]

——— prohibit funding for enforcement of emissions standards for small incinerators in remote areas of Alaska, H4952, H4953 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding to finalize mercury and air toxic standards rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from coal, H4977 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce endangerment finding for greenhouse gases, H4962, H4963 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding to prepare, propose, or promulgate regulations or guidance reliant on social cost of carbon analysis, H4966, H4967 [20JN]

——— provide regulatory relief for conventional marginally producing oil and gas wells from rule on methane leaks (H.R. 1391), H2264 [27FE]

——— reauthorize certain water pollution control programs, H2942 [2AP]

——— reauthorize diesel emissions reduction program (H.R. 1768), H7541–H7543 [9SE]

——— regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under Toxic Substances Control Act (H.R. 2600), H3687 [10MY]

——— revise regulations to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines in Alaska due to emission control devices (S. 163), H7744 [17SE]

Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia: develop plan for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in south Florida (H.R. 335), H8010–H8013 [26SE]

James Island, SC: tribute to James Island Ocean ActKIDvists for lobbying local government to ban plastic bags, straws, and foam containers, H1288 [30JA]

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: provide for a study by the Ocean Studies Board examining impact of ocean acidification and other stressors in estuarine environments (H.R. 988), H4329–H4331 [5JN]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (H. Res. 565), H7873 [24SE]

——— observance, H8060 [27SE]

NIH: health impact of red tide and other harmful algal blooms research funding, H4559 [12JN]

NOAA: anniversary of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Annual Snapshot Day, E529 [2MY]

Power resources: transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (H.R. 5221), H9352 [9DE]

——— update Federal purchase requirement to ensure transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (H.R. 5142), H9126 [21NO]

Stuart, FL: tribute to Murray Middle School students work on water quality issues, E565 [9MY]

Taxation: improve, expand, and extend the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration, H7826 [19SE]

Trump, President: evaluation of climate change policies, H1397 [7FE], H7819–H7824 [19SE], H9264 [5DE]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): negotiation of climate change provisions, H7819 [19SE]

Water Week: observance, H2942 [2AP]

Wayne County, MI: anniversary of Rouge River fire caused by pollution, E1260 [8OC], E1267 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, S5551 [18SE]

America Recycles Day: observance (S. Res. 422), S6597–S6600, S6614 [14NO]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of Cuyahoga River fire and its impact on Federal pollution regulations, S4149, S4150 [20JN]

Climate: acknowledge climate emergency which demands massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes (H. Con. Res. 52), S4925 [18JY]

——— assessment of Chinese efforts to address climate change, S5687 [25SE]

——— continue to cooperate with international community and exercise global leadership to address causes and effects of climate change (S. Res. 404), S6881 [5DE]

——— economic impact of climate change, S2839–S2841 [14MY]

——— effects of climate change, S130–S132 [10JA], S207 [15JA], S734–S736 [29JA], S880, S907 [6FE], S1468–S1471 [26FE], S1514–S1522, S1546–S1551 [27FE], S1557, S1559–S1564, S1576–S1578 [28FE], S1610 [4MR], S1653 [5MR], S1788 [12MR], S1943–S1946 [25MR], S2020–S2022 [27MR], S2206–S2208 [2AP], S2362–S2365 [10AP], S2982–S2984 [20MY], S4154–S4157 [20JN], S4689–S4692 [8JY], S4875, S4896–S4901, S4916–S4918 [17JY], S5043–S5048 [24JY], S5382–S5384 [10SE], S5496 [16SE], S6290–S6293 [30OC], S6432 [6NO], S6648 [19NO], S6849–S6851 [4DE], S7121 [17DE]

——— effects of climate change on food security, S6432 [6NO]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry, corporations, and trade associations to impede climate protection efforts and call for corporate political action to demand climate change legislation, S2703–S2705 [7MY], S3187 [4JN], S6291–S6293 [30OC]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry to deny and discredit science behind climate change, S207 [15JA], S1316 [13FE], S1559 [28FE], S1653 [5MR], S2364 [10AP], S2982–S2984 [20MY], S3336 [12JN], S5045 [24JY], S5173, S5175 [30JY], S6649 [19NO], S6850 [4DE], S6997 [11DE], S7121 [17DE]

——— impact of climate change on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, S1930 [25MR], S2363 [10AP], S3307 [11JN], S4154, S4155 [20JN], S4689–S4692 [8JY]

——— impact of climate change on tourism, S5382–S5384 [10SE]

——— proposed Executive order creating a scientific panel to examine effects of climate change on national security, S1449 [26FE], S1559 [28FE]

——— release of National Climate Assessment, S1468 [26FE]

Colorado: tribute to efforts to combat climate change, S6440–S6442 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), instruct conferees on prohibiting use of certain firefighting foam (S. Res. 334), S5681, S5693 [25SE]

Ecology and environment: benefits of recycling to the environment, S6597–S6600 [14NO]

EPA: designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA, S4794 [11JY], S7066 [17DE]

——— designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (S. 638), S1599 [28FE], S4790–S4792 [11JY]

——— include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the Toxics Release Inventory, S4531 [26JN]

——— reauthorize diesel emissions reduction program (S. 747), S1794 [12MR], S2362 [10AP]

——— retain mercury and air toxic standards rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from coal and fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, S889 [6FE]

——— revise regulations to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines in Alaska due to emission control devices (S. 163), S2982 [20MY]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, S4531 [26JN], S5172, S5173 [30JY]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (S. 383), S1497 [27FE], S1690 [6MR], S1788 [12MR], S1822, S1823 [13MR], S2028 [27MR], S4538 [26JN]

——— support Kigali Treaty relative to reduction of manufacture and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), S889 [6FE], S1563 [28FE]

——— support vehicle emissions standards and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, S2363 [10AP]

FEMA: authorize transitional sheltering assistance for individuals who live in areas with unhealthy air quality caused by wildfires (S. 1997), S4579 [26JN]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (S. 181), S301 [18JA]

Minnesota: tribute to efforts to transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to clean and renewable energy, S2021 [27MR]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (S. Res. 348), S5760 [26SE]

New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence: establish, S1922 [25MR]

Ohio: commend historical environmental progress and restoration in Cuyahoga River Valley and Lake Erie, continue to support environmental protections and improvements, and recognize economic benefit of Cuyahoga River (S. Res. 290), S5149 [29JY]

Refuse disposal: improve international waste management systems and prevent and reduce plastic waste and marine debris, S6663 [19NO]

Supreme Court: impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech relative to bipartisanship in addressing climate change, S6649 [19NO]

Taxation: impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industrial facilities and use revenues to establish a Carbon Dioxide Trust Fund to support families and encourage clean energy technologies, S1577 [28FE]

——— improve, expand, and extend the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration, S1690 [6MR], S1822, S1823 [13MR], S2028 [27MR]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to environmental policy, S4890 [17JY]

——— evaluation of climate change policies, S1449, S1471 [26FE], S1530 [27FE], S1560–S1563 [28FE], S1771 [12MR], S3019 [22MY], S3227 [5JN], S4685 [8JY], S5173 [30JY], S6372 [5NO]

Wheeler, Andrew: suitability to be EPA Administrator relative to views on climate change and ties to the fossil fuel industry, S1469 [26FE], S1507–S1512, S1523–S1528, S1530, S1531, S1533, S1546, S1548, S1552 [27FE], S1559–S1563, S1565–S1567, S1580 [28FE]

Whitehouse, Senator: tribute to ongoing floor speeches on climate change, S5043–S5048 [24JY], S5075 [25JY]

Wright, Peter C.: suitability to be EPA Assistant Administrator for Office of Land and Emergency Management relative to commitment to cleanup of Superfund sites, S4790–S4795 [11JY]

Reports

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity—A Second Notice (excerpt): William J. Ripple et al., BioScience (publication), E757 [12JN]

Reports filed

Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 163), S866 [5FE]

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 747), S2385 [10AP]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 747) (S. Rept. 116–39), S2786 [13MY]

National Estuaries and Acidification Research (NEAR) Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 988) (H. Rept. 116–82), H4160 [23MY]

PFAS Action Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 535) (H. Rept. 116–364), H12305 [2JA]

PFAS Release Disclosure and Protection Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1507), S3843 [19JN]

Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2156) (H. Rept. 116–223), H8094 [4OC]

South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 335) (H. Rept. 116–202), H7664 [11SE]

Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 383), S2385 [10AP]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 383) (S. Rept. 116–38), S2786 [13MY]

Resolutions by organizations

U.S. leadership in combatting climate change: American Association of Geographers, E993 [25JY]

Testimonies

National Security Implications of Climate Change: Rod Schoonover, Dept. of State, E750 [11JN]

Texts of

H.R. 335, South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act, H8010 [26SE]

H.R. 988, National Estuaries and Acidification Research (NEAR) Act, H4329 [5JN]

H.R. 1768, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, H7541 [9SE]

S. 163, Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection Act, S2982 [20MY], H7744 [17SE]

S. Con. Res. 22, acknowledge climate emergency which demands massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes, S4913 [17JY]

S. Res. 290, commend historical environmental progress and restoration in Cuyahoga River Valley and Lake Erie, continue to support environmental protections and improvements, and recognize economic benefit of Cuyahoga River, S5149 [29JY]

S. Res. 316, support U.S. clean vehicle emissions standards and defend authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution, S5579 [18SE]

S. Res. 334, instruct conferees to S. 1790, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, on prohibiting use of certain firefighting foam, S5709 [25SE]

S. Res. 348, National Clean Energy Week, S5754 [26SE]

S. Res. 372, establish a national goal on conserving U.S. lands and oceans, S5976 [22OC]

S. Res. 404, continue to cooperate with international community and exercise global leadership to address causes and effects of climate change, S6345 [31OC]

S. Res. 422, America Recycles Day, S6611 [14NO]