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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Hearing Questions DOE Nominees on Rule Rollbacks and USGS Independence
Summary
At a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing, a senator pressed three Department of Energy nominees about recent DOE rollbacks of energy-efficiency rules and raised concerns about the nominee for director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
At a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing, a senator pressed three Department of Energy nominees about recent DOE rollbacks of energy-efficiency rules and raised concerns about the nominee for director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The senator said the administration announced plans to cut “dozens” of energy-efficiency rules that, the senator said, have saved consumers “hundreds of dollars a year” on utility bills. The hearing considered nominees for general counsel, chief financial officer and the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency‑Energy (ARPA‑E); the senator also criticized statements by the nominee for…
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