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[Earth Matters News] Barbara Boxer, head of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced that New Mexico’s Tom Udall and Oregon’s Jeff Merkley will become the newest members of the group. The new additions may give Dems a bigger majority in the committee.

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[Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary] The Current: Merkley and Udall join Senate’s Environment Committee: Adding two more seats could pave the way for easier movement in committee on key environmental legislative items sought by President-elect Barack Obama. Green-minded Dems could use all the advantages they can get, seeing as climate .

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[BlueOregon] Merkley will serve on Senate Environment and Public Works Committee: Marc Morano, the committee's Republican spokesman, said organizational issues have not been settled as Senate leaders await the outcome of a legal dispute in the Minnesota Senate race between Democratic challenger Al Franken and incumbent Republican Norm Coleman.

[Earth Matters News] Obama releases more details about green stimulus plan | MNN ...: MNN.COM > Earth Matters > Politics

[Congress Matters] Senate Organizing Resolutions: Dems take the +3 committee ratio the numbers entitle them to, despite early Republican objections and threats to filibuster these resolutions. And as I understand it (I haven't checked the lists above yet), +4 on Appropriations and Armed Services.

[All MNN Content] Van Jones just tapped for senior White House Council position ...: I've been following Van closely and posting frequently with the anticipation that there might be a significant role for him in D.C. Van is in some ways a controversial pick, but though his work has largely been in the nonprofit world, he has a profound understanding of how small amounts of money can be leveraged in the right way to catalyze massive change in the private sector, by engaging both social and environmental resources -- a much-needed perspective in Washington.

[Wildlife and People] » Screwing the Economy With Polar Bears Wildlife and People: In a 42 to 52 vote, the Senate refuse to expunge an alteration of Department of Interior rules that in effect limited polar bear lawsuits. Now the door is wide open to sue the bejabbers out of any project that emits carbon dioxide (all of them) on the grounds that CO2 will (allegedly) cause runaway global warming and thus (allegedly) drive polar bears into extinction.

[Gristmill] The new kids on the block | Gristmill: The environmental news blog ...: Two new senators, Oregon's Jeff Merkley and New Mexico's Tom Udall, will be joining the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said on Wednesday. The two attended the committee's first hearing of .

[Act For Chemistry Blog] Senate Dems. Committee Assignments: Washington, DC- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today announced the committee assignments he anticipates members of the Democratic Caucus will hold during the 111th Congress. As required by Senate rules, Senator Reid will meet with the Republican Leader to finalize the make-up of each committee.

[1Sky Blog Posts about everything] DC Hill climate update--1/9: To accomplish this, new plants could be required to meet a strong environmental performance standard of "no net emissions". Would you support legislation that requires new power plants to achieve a strong environmental performance standard of "no net emissions"?

[Swing State Project] 111th Congress Freshmen Committee Assignments: Senate Edition: While we don't cover the legislative process here at SSP (for that, I'll recommend you check out Kagro X's new blog, Congress Matters), committee assignments can actually have a big impact on the electoral process.

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