Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was recognized by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Action Fund (SACE Action Fund) for having a perfect voting record on clean energy and climate issues from January 2009 to August 2010.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) joined with Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) and representatives from the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and Corporate Ethics International to urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to oppose the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project proposed by TransCanada. The controversial project would extend 2,000 miles across the United States from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast in Texas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After BP announced its intention to move forward with a payment to shareholders, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) joined a coalition of House members led by Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) in calling on CEO Tony Hayward to suspend dividend payments and advertising campaigns until it remedies the environmental disaster it caused in the Gulf of Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After BP announced its intention to move forward with a payment to shareholders, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) joined a coalition of House members led by Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) in calling on CEO Tony Hayward to suspend dividend payments and advertising campaigns until it remedies the environmental disaster it caused in the Gulf of Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today questioned British Petroleum America Chief Executive Lamar McKay at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing about the Gulf Coast oil spill.
Congressman Cohen focused his questions on how and why British Petroleum did not plan for a worst case scenario when drilling in the Gulf Coast and how it will work to prevent a future disaster like this from ever taking place again.
Footage of Congressman Cohen questioning the British Petroleum executive can be seen at: