Last week was busy on Capitol Hill:  Dr. Ernest Moniz’s nomination hearing for Secretary of Energy was on April 9th, and Gina McCarthy’s nomination hearing for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator took place on April 11th; President Obama released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 (FY14), which begins on October 1, 2013; and Assistant Energy Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) David Danielson reported on EERE’s FY14 budget.

For more on the latest energy and clean technology regulatory and legislative developments, including a more detailed discussion of how the budget impacts energy and environment efforts, please see ML Strategies’ most recent Energy and Environmental Update.

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