Environment
Information regarding my stance on Environmental issues.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) recently received a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the “check engine” light concerns in Memphis. The EPA letter is a follow-up to a letter Congressman Cohen sent to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson about the feedback he received throughout the City of Memphis that car inspection facilities are failing local vehicles due to illuminated “check engine” lights, causing motorists to spend their limited time and money before passing inspection.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ-10):
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) spoke with experts at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the “check engine” light concerns in Memphis. The conversation was a follow-up to a letter he sent to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson last week about the feedback he received throughout the City of Memphis that car inspection facilities are failing local vehicles due to “check engine” lights that remain on, causing motorists to spend their limited time and money before passing inspection.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on the concerns throughout the City of Memphis that car inspection facilities are failing local vehicles due to “check engine” lights that remain on, causing motorists to spend their limited time and money before passing inspection. A copy of the letter follows:
February 23, 2012
The Honorable Lisa Jackson
Administrator of EPA
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on concerns throughout the City of Memphis that car inspection facilities are failing local vehicles due to “check engine” lights that remain on, causing motorists to spend their limited time and money before passing inspection:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) recently received an A- on the Citizens for Global Solutions 2012 Congressional Report Card. The Memphis Congressman scored the highest grade in the Tennessee delegation, even receiving extra credit for spearheading letters on the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) recently received a perfect score on the 2011 Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Action Fund Clean Energy and Climate Action scorecard. Congressman Cohen was the only member of the Tennessee delegation to receive a perfect score.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today said the State Department’s Office of Inspector General report on the Keystone XL Pipeline – the “Special Review of the Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Process” – raises serious questions about the real impacts of the controversial $7-billion pipeline. The objective of the report – which was requested by Congressman Cohen, Sen.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today received a 91 percent on The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) 2011 National Environmental Scorecard. LCV works to turn environmental values into national priorities and the recent Scorecard reflects the most anti-environmental session of the U.S. House of Representatives in history, featuring unparalleled assaults on our nation’s bedrock environmental and public health safeguards.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) today applauded President Obama’s decision to reject the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Both Congressmen have actively worked to call for more scientific scrutiny of the dangerous and controversial pipeline.