Topic: Bart Gordon

Oldest House Member Is in Line to Lead Science Panel

Science - 458 days ago
In an election that saw Democrats cede control of the House of Representatives, it's probably fitting that the presumptive new chairman of the House science committee is a Democrat turned Republican. Representative Ralph Hall (R-TX) came to Washington as a conservative ...

GOP Takes State's Congressional Delegation by Storm

Nashville Scene - 460 days ago
The Tennessee congressional delegation somersaulted tonight from 5-4 Democratic to 7-2 Republican. The AP has called it for Scott DesJarlais in the Fourth District and Stephen Fincher in the Eighth. Democrats never had a chance to keep the Sixth, the seat that ...

House Science Chair Enters Debate Over Biodiversity Pact's Bar on Climate Engineering

Science - 463 days ago
The House science committee has just released a report on climate engineering that lays out possible roles for federal agencies and international partners in the new, controversial field. " A staffer for committee chair Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN) said: He just wants to ...

EU, U.S. grapple with crunch in rare earth supplies

Reuters US Online Report Top News - 467 days ago
BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States said on Tuesday they were pressing for solutions to concerns China may be exploiting its stranglehold on rare earth metals, crucial in the making of everything from portable phones to wind turbines ...

U.S. and E.U. grapple with crunch in rare earth supplies

CNET - 467 days ago
The World Trade Organization, the European Union, and the United States said on Tuesday they were pressing for solutions to concerns China may be exploiting its stranglehold on rare earth metals, crucial in the making of everything from portable phones to wind ...

Global Warming Sparks Interest in Geoengineering

American Scientist - 487 days ago
For years it was considered downright wacky in official Washington to discuss geoengineering: altering the climate by reflecting sunlight back into the sky, sucking carbon dioxide from the air--or a host of other gee-whiz schemes.. House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart ...

House Vote on NASA Spending Bill Expected Today

Space.com - 494 days ago
After months of debate, a NASA spending bill is expected to appear for a vote on the House floor today (Sept. 29). House lawmakers are expected to vote on a version of the NASA authorization bill passed by the Senate in August ...

With Emissions Caps on Ice, Is Geoengineering Next Step in D.C. Climate Debate?

Science - 496 days ago
A 5-hour public conference today in Washington, D.C., on geoengineering research highlighted a growing focus in the nation's capital on the controversial idea of devising technical remedies for the effects of carbon pollution. The Horrifying Idea Whose Time has Come ...

Geoengineering: "The Horrifying Idea Whose Time Has Come"?

Freakonomics - 496 days ago
In Washington, D.C., this morning, the New America Foundation (in partnership with Arizona State University and Slate) is holding a "Future Tense Event" called "Geoengineering: The Horrifying Idea Whose Time Has Come? Discussants at the event include Congressman Bart Gordon (D ...

Tennessee Democrats Doing Their Part to Surrender U.S. House to GOP

Nashville Scene - 499 days ago
If Republicans win control of the House in the November elections, they should give a big shoutout to our very own Bart Gordon and John Tanner-two Profiles in Courage who decided to quit than fight to keep their seats. Moderate Democrat Bart ...