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Climate Change Education Act [S.2740]
Climate Change Education Act This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a Climate Change Education Program to: increase the climate literacy of the United States by broadening the understanding of human-induced climate change, including possible consequences and potential solutions; apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; and help people understand
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Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018 [HB-5031]
Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2018
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Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act [HB-5042]
Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act
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Carbon Capture Act [HB-3761]
Carbon Capture Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credit for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. The bill modifies the credit to: allow certain new industrial or direct air capture facilities to qualify for the credit if construction begins before 2024; allow qualified projects to claim the credit for 15 years, beginning on the date the equipment was originally placed in service; increase the credit amounts for certain projects placed in service upon or after the enactment of this bill; expand the purposes
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USE IT Act Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies [S.2602]
USE IT Act Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies This bill amends the Clean Air Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish: (1) a competitive prize program for certain technology projects that capture carbon dioxide directly from the air, and (2) a Direct Air Capture Technology Advisory Board to advise the EPA on carrying out the program. The EPA must: (1) carry out a research and development program for carbon dioxide utilization to promote technologies that transform carbon dioxide generated by
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Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act [HB-5387]
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce to carry out a grant program for establishing consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic research and commercial application of clean technologies and advanced manufacturing processes. Clean technology means technologies, production processes, or methodologies that: produce energy from renewable energy sources; transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently; enhance energy efficiency
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A bill to provide for the establishment of clean technology consortia to enhance the economic, environmental, and energy security of the United States by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies, and for other purposes. [S.2612]
A bill to provide for the establishment of clean technology consortia to enhance the economic, environmental, and energy security of the United States by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies, and for other purposes.
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HABS Act of 2017 Harmful Algal Blooms Solutions Act of 2017 [HB-3661]
HABS Act of 2017 Harmful Algal Blooms Solutions Act of 2017
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Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017 [S.1695]
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any green stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural
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Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-3387]
Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide support for public water systems and promote compliance by the systems with drinking water regulations. The bill expands requirements concerning consumer confidence reports issued by community water systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state with primary enforcement authority responsibility under the Act may require the owners or operators of certain public water systems that have repeatedly violated national primary drinking
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100 by '50 Act [HB-3314]
100 by '50 Act This bill calls for the United States to aggressively reduce carbon pollution as rapidly as practicable and achieve 100% clean and renewable energy by 2050. It provides financial support (e.g., grant programs and loans) for clean and renewable energy, including support for affordable zero-emission vehicle-based public transportation, solar energy, and energy efficiency retrofits in homes. The bill provides job training, unemployment compensation, health benefits, and pension and other benefits and services to adversely affected workers
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Water and Energy Sustainability through Technology Act [HB-3275]
Water and Energy Sustainability through Technology Act This bill addresses the link between energy and water systems (energy-water nexus), including: (1) the water needed to produce energy; (2) the energy needed to transport, reclaim, treat, store, and reuse water and wastewater; (3) the energy available in organic wastewaters and wet waste streams (e.g., methane); and (4) the waste heat available in industrial process and cooling water discharges, steam system condensate and cooling water, and thermoelectric cooling water discharge. The bill provides
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FUTURE Act Furthering carbon capture, Utilization, Technology, Underground storage, and Reduced Emissions Act [S.1535]
FUTURE Act Furthering carbon capture, Utilization, Technology, Underground storage, and Reduced Emissions Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. The bill modifies the credit to apply it to carbon oxide sequestration. (Carbon oxide refers to any of the three oxides of carbon: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and carbon suboxide.) The bill also: allows certain new industrial or direct air capture facilities to qualify for the credit if construction begins before January
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Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 [S.1460]
Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 with respect to energy efficiency for sectors such as buildings, transportation, schools, and manufacturing. Energy infrastructure concerns are addressed, including cybersecurity threats, pipeline permitting, and requirements for enhanced electric grid storage and security as well as bulk-power system reliability. The bill amends the Energy Policy Act of
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Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017 [S.1447]
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017 This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2022 a diesel emissions reduction program. The program authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants, rebates, or loans for reducing diesel emissions from certain diesel vehicles or fleets by retrofitting or replacing their engines. The bill modifies requirements governing how the EPA must prioritize projects when providing grants, rebates, and loans. Specifically, the EPA must recognize differences in how vehicles,
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SUPER Act of 2017 SUper Pollutant Emissions Reduction Act of 2017 [HB-2858]
SUPER Act of 2017 SUper Pollutant Emissions Reduction Act of 2017
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Methane Emissions Mitigation Act [HB-2830]
Methane Emissions Mitigation Act
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SWINE Act Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act [HB-2722]
SWINE Act Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act This bill establishes a program to certify environmentally sustainable swine waste disposal technologies and authorizes related tax credits and grants. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must certify technologies that: eliminate animal discharge into surface waters and groundwater through direct discharge, seepage, or runoff; substantially eliminate atmospheric emissions of ammonia from swine waste; substantially eliminate the emission of odor from swine waste that is detectable
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Quiet Communities Act of 2017 [HB-2539]
Quiet Communities Act of 2017 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control and reauthorizes the office's activities through FY2022. The responsibilities of the office must include: (1) promoting the development of effective state and local noise control programs, (2) carrying out a national noise control research program, (3) carrying out a national noise environmental assessment program, (4) establishing regional technical assistance centers to assist state and local noise
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Energy Star Program Integrity Act [HB-1682]
Energy Star Program Integrity Act This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the Energy Star program. Specifically, the bill prohibits breach of warranty claims or private claims or rights of action against manufacturers of products that are disqualified from the program if: (1) the product has been certified by a certification body recognized by the program, (2) the Environmental Protection Agency has approved corrective measures, and (3) the responsible party has fully complied with all such measures.