
House Science Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) last week renewed his request to White House Budget Chief Shalanda Young to provide his panel with the Biden administration’s reasoning for proposing a rule that would require certain federal contractors to use carbon emissions targets set by a foreign-based environmental group. The proposed rule was published in November 2022 by the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and NASA and would apply to “major” contractors that receive more than $50 million in…