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1. Capito: PFAS Letters from More than 250 Entities Show Overwhelming Support for Passive Receiver Protections - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   March 20, 2024

   airport 3 15 24 pdf Global Water Resources Support Letter 3 14 24 https www epw senate gov public cache files 1 e 1ebd5d4c 402e 4d41 bd19 3c02b7e4a5b8 30680542D32CF6A570CCD5BD7BD2F275 global water resources...

2. Ranking Member Capito Opening Statement at Hearing on Recycling, Waste Management, Sustainability - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   March 06, 2024

   regulatory developments like the global plastic treaty currently under negotiation indicate the waste management policy landscape is very much in flux U S based companies with global footprints are staring down...

3. Capito, McMorris Rodgers, Mullin, Joyce to EPA: Reject California’s Harmful, Illegal Attempt to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   February 28, 2024

   of the proposal the California waiver provisions in CAA section 209 were never intended to address global climate change Instead these provisions were designed to assist California in addressing serious...and extraordinary conditions emphasis added First ACC II will not result in a material reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions According to the CARB s waiver support document ACC II regulations will...years This 15 year total would offset just 0 724 percent of total global CO2e emissions in 2021 alone As such climate change is a global issue and any benefits that may result from California s avoidance...

4. Ranking Member Capito Opening Statement at Hearing on Addressing Landfill Emissions - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   January 31, 2024

   Waste landfills under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act this year Environmental groups are already petitioning the EPA to set more stringent air emissions standards on smaller municipal landfills There are...

5. Ranking Member Capito Opening Statement at Hearing on Toxic Substances Control Act - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   January 24, 2024

   bureaucracy Agency timeliness in the chemical space is crucial to maintaining a competitiveness in a global market and also achieving what I believe a point of bipartisan agreement expanding key industries...

6. Op-Ed from Capito, Miss America 2023: We Must Advance Nuclear Energy in the United States - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   December 08, 2023

   to continue to allow China to finance nuclear energy projects enabling them to not only dominate global energy markets but also grow a long term sphere of influence in developing countries This is a serious...serious threat not just to our energy security but also to the United States position as the undisputed global leader of nuclear technology including associated nuclear services supply chain expertise and regulations...

7. Ranking Member Capito Opening Statement at Climate Hearing: American Innovation Will Rise to the Occasion - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   November 01, 2023

   into the hearing record but the short answer is It can t tell us whether global warming caused a specific event W ith global warming and extreme events it s not a Yes or No question I want to be clear this...

8. Capito, EPW Colleagues to White House: Reverse Course on Permitting Rules, Follow Intent of Reforms in Fiscal Responsibility Act - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   September 29, 2023

   in assessing the costs and benefits for residents of environmental justice communities as well as global citizens over arbitrary time horizons in order to arrive at a predetermined outcome on the merits...

9. Ranking Member Capito Opening Statement at Hearing on Effects of Extreme Heat and Weather on Transportation - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   September 13, 2023

   and for your ongoing commitment to bipartisanship in the Committee s business I also want to give a warm welcome to our Committee witnesses and I understand one of my fellow native West Virginians Mr Parsons...

10. Senate Passes Bipartisan Nuclear Energy Bill from Capito, Carper, Whitehouse - Minority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
    July 27, 2023

    the bipartisan ADVANCE Act we are one step closer to reestablishing America s preeminence as the global leader in nuclear energy in the twenty first century Ranking Member Capito said Not only does our...would do so in a way that supports job creation and strengthens our nation s nuclear leadership globally Today s passage of the ADVANCE Act moves us one step closer to realizing the benefits of this bipartisan...