Dive Summary:

• Will Obama’s Climate Action plan prove to be a “war on coal”?  Will Obama’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Nominee Ron Binz, who once referred to natural gas as a “dead end” resource, find himself at odds with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz? These are just a couple questions facing policymakers over the next few months.
• Frank Maisano, Senior principal in law firm Bracewell Giuliani’s Government Relations and Strategic Communications Practice, identifies the top six energy policy priorities on Congress' plate once they reconvene from the August recess:

1. Power plant emissions
2. The nomination of FERC Chairman Ron Binz
3. The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
4. The Keystone XL Pipeline
5. Offshore drilling
6. Climate change

From the article:

“But many climate scientists, otherwise known as people whose job it is to understand climate change and its potential impacts on the planet and its inhabitants, and others seem to see it as a pressing issue, and worth raising sooner rather than later in a policy context.”