House Science Committee Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 21:00:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Eddie Bernice Johnson Takes Over US House Science Committee, Earth Rejoices https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eddie-bernice-johnson-takes-over-us-house-science-committee-earth-rejoices-20181113/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eddie-bernice-johnson-takes-over-us-house-science-committee-earth-rejoices-20181113/#respond Tue, 13 Nov 2018 21:00:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67521 The winds of change seem to be blowing in Washington D.C. At least at a committee level in The US House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology. The recent political shuffling suggests that Texas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson will be the next head of the committee, which is probably a good thing for Mother Earth. […]

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