House passes bill to undermine EPA regulation of climate change, BOEM extends comment period for oil spill liability rule, and more…
Despite President Barack Obama’s veto threat, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would undermine the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
- The EPA and British Petroleum (BP) reached an agreement to let the company resume working with the federal government.
- The head of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs released a bill that would wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in five years.
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) extended the comment period on a rule that would raise the liability cap for oil spills.
- A government watchdog released a report showing that the Obama Administration still struggles with transparency.
- The Small Business Administration (BSA) proposed expanding “microloans” to businesses employing ex-convicts.
- The U.S. Department of Education proposed a rule to stop the flow of federal funding to low performing training programs.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) revised the food package standards for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
- The European Union moved forward with a regulation to require a single universal phone charger by 2017.
