🚫 1. Does not compute: House Republicans dropped legislation that would block the Biden administration from factoring in the social cost of carbon, methane, nitrous oxide, or any other greenhouse gas metric in the rulemaking process.
- Rep. Richard Hudson, seen as a contender to lead House E&C if the GOP holds the chamber next session, joined a dozen other Republicans to introduce the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulation Act.
🔥 2. Fired up: Montana Sen. Steve Daines demanded that the U.S. Forest Service detail its wildfire management strategies.
- In a letter Friday, Daines said he wants to know whether the service is deploying monitoring and suppression strategies consistent with the agreement between Montana and federal agencies.
🐦⬛ 3. Taking flight: Reps. Jared Huffman and Brian Fitzpatrick introduced two bipartisan bills to protect migratory birds and the most threatened species of seabirds.
