Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code ENG

16. Specific lobbying issues

Oppose the expansion of new offshore drilling by the Department of the Interior.

Oppose fossil fuel, coal, uranium and other extractive industry bailouts as well as royalty relief for extractive industries during the COVID-19 crisis.

Oppose attempts to fast-track oil and gas leasing on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Oppose legislative efforts to include funding for restarting the licensing process for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.

Support modifying and extending tax credits for clean energy sources (including the GREEN Act, HR 7330), and making them refundable or allowing direct pay, at least during the Covid-19 crisis and recovery.

Support the Driving America Forward Act, which would expand the electric vehicle and hydrogen fuel cell tax credit, and proposals to make them refundable or allow direct pay, at least during the Covid-19 crisis and recovery.

Support robust funding for the Rural Energy for America Program, which invests in renewable energy.

Support the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019 (HR 5221).

Oppose the inclusion of the Nuclear Powers America Act, H.R. 2314 and S. 1134, in any tax extenders package.

Oppose changes to EPA regulations surrounding methane emission standards.

Support amendment which would restore building energy efficiency codes language originally found in the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (S. 2137, Portman-Shaheen) to the American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA) of 2020.

Support funding measures in the Interior, Energy and Water, and Transportation and Urban Development appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2021 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.

Urge lawmakers to oppose policy riders that harm the public in appropriations bills for FY 2021.

Urge the DOI and EPA to pause open public comment periods during the COVID-19 crisis so the public can engage meaningfully in administrative decisions once the crisis has been contained.

Urge DOI to suspend major policy changes, oil and gas lease sales, and public comment periods during the COVID-19 crisis.

Urge DOI to reject calls by the oil and gas industry for relief measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oppose a bailout for the uranium mining industry in any COVID-19 emergency response packages.

Support immediate direct financial assistance for public transit agencies to ensure safe and reliable service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support stimulus measures that support clean energy and transportation sectors.

Support investments in coastal communities in COVID-19 economic recovery legislation.

Oppose the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.

Support Floor 4. Amendment 29 of the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that expressly prohibits the use of funds for explosive nuclear testing.

Oppose the continued purchase of fossil fuel debt by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Oppose amendment to the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that gives the Air Force primary authority over the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

Support Amendment 83 of HR 7608, the FY21 Appropriations minibus to prevent funds from being used for oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Support a permanent extension of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) leasing moratorium.

Oppose legislation that curtails the mining review and permitting process or increases domestic mining without appropriate safeguards and reform of the 1872 Mining Act.

Support aspects of H.R. 4447 and strengthening amendments for clean energy funding and environmental justice policies, among others.

Oppose S.180, a bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.

Support H.R. 3225, the Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act.

Support the Onshore Oil and Gas Orphaned Well Remediation and Reclamation Bonding Reform Act.

Support the Public Engagement Opportunity on Public Lands Exploration (PEOPLE) Act of 2020.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code ENV

16. Specific lobbying issues

Oppose EPAs roll back of the clean car standards.

Comment on the implementation of the Frank Lautenberg for the 21st Century Act (EPA).

Oppose changes to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) current regulatory processes.

Oppose EPA proposed rule, Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science.

Oppose EPA proposed rule to not count co-pollutant reductions in cost benefit analyses for rules or other agency actions.

Support the Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019.

Oppose changes to the EPAs proposed rule titled, Modernizing the Administrative Exhaustion Requirement for Permitting Decisions and Streamlining Procedures for Permit Appeals.

Oppose changes to implementing regulations and guidance of the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA).

Request that DOJ, DHS, and DOD halt further construction of the wall at the southern border during the COVID-19 crisis.

Oppose EPAs proposed rule to weaken the power of the EPAs Appeals Board.

Request that EPA and DOI pause all open public comment periods on active rulemakings and non-rulemaking notices.

Support the inclusion of a nationwide moratorium on essential utility shut-offs in the COVID-19 rescue package.

Support the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisiss majority staff report, "Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America".

Support Amendment 72 to HR 7608 preventing agencies from implementing the Trump administrations final rule gutting the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQs) NEPA implementing regulations.

Oppose EPAs proposed rule to retain the inadequate primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code CAW

16. Specific lobbying issues

Oppose undermining ozone clean air protections and the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (EPA).

Oppose EPA/DOT weakening cleaner cars standards, and proposed greenhouse gas emissions loophole in Tier 3 test fuel standard.

Oppose the administrations Dirty Water Rule, which would gut Clean Water Act protections for streams and wetlands and jeopardize our drinking water.

Urge EPA to ban the discharge of plastic pellets and other pollutants tied to the chemical industry as part of review of the proposed Formosa ethane cracker complex.

Support EPAs strengthening the emissions limits and monitoring requirements from Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing facilities rule.

Request that EPA take action to deal with the health threats from trichloroethylene (TCE).

Oppose EPA efforts to weaken Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Source Category.

Oppose EPAs weakening of lead and copper regulations for drinking water.

Request an extension of comment periods for proposed rules regarding regulation of coal combustion residuals.

Oppose EPA proposed rules to roll back coal ash protections.

Support the inclusion of infrastructure investment and water access measures in the COVID-19 stimulus package.

Support H.R. 5845 and S. 3263, the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act of 2020, which holds plastic producers and polluters accountable.

Urge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to cease efforts to resurrect the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant Project in Mississippi.

Oppose EPA proposed rule to retain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter.

Support amendment 62 to HR 7608 to block the EPA from finalizing an insufficiently protective National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).

Oppose the Trump administrations EPA rule to no longer consider co-benefits in cost-benefit analyses.

Support HR 7822 and S. 4369, the Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020, which requires the EPA to implement fenceline monitoring for toxic air pollutants and rapidly expands the National Ambient Air Monitoring Network (NAAQS).

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code NAT

16. Specific lobbying issues

Request extension of comment period for Endangered Species Act rules proposed by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce.

Oppose DOIs changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and the Departments decision to fast track the public comment period despite the pandemic.

Support H.R. 3195 which provides the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) with full, permanent, and dedicated funding.

Support S. 3422 and H.R 7092, the Great American Outdoors Act, which will provide full dedicated and permanent funding for LWCF and national park maintenance.

Oppose S. 1317, the American Mineral Security Act.

Oppose federal funding for the expansion of Shasta Dam in California.

Oppose riders that limit work by the USFWS on sage grouse conservation efforts.

Support Floor Amendment 7 of the FY21 NDAA that adds the text of H.R. 2546, Protecting Americas Wilderness (PAW) Act, which protects 1.37 million acres of public lands and enhances access to green spaces in California, Colorado, and Washington.

Support Floor Amendment 8 of the FY21 NDAA which would add the test of H.R. 823, the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act, which would establish 400,000 acres of wilderness areas in Colorado. This amendment would also add the text of H.R. 1737, the Grand Canyon Centennial Act, which would withdraw one million acres of public lands surrounding the Grand Canyon National Park from new mining claims.

Support the inclusion of the Desert Refuge, PAW Act, CORE ACT, and Grand Canyon Centennial Act amendments on the NDAA conference negotiations.

Support efforts in the House and Senate to reach a national goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the land and ocean of the United States by 2030.

Support the exclusion of a rider prohibiting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from considering greater sage-grouse for protection from the FY 2021 Appropriations bill.

Oppose efforts to keep meatpacking companies open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Request funding for projects that create jobs while benefiting wildlife and protecting public lands.

Request explanation for the Park Polices use of force against people exercising their constitutional rights.

Oppose BLMs categorical exclusion for salvage logging.

Oppose the Senate companion of the One Trillion Trees Act.

Support the inclusion of wildlife recovery and public lands restoration stimulus in HR 2, the Moving Forward Act.

Oppose S.4431, the Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020.

Support H.R. 5598, Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code GOV

16. Specific lobbying issues

Support H.R. 1 and S. 949, For the People Act of 2019, which would strengthen voting rights, increase transparency and fairness in our campaign finance system, and improve ethics laws.

Support H.R. 4 and S. 561, Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019, which would revise and restore the coverage formula for the preclearance section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Support H.J.Res.2 and S.J.Res.51, Democracy For All Amendment, which would enact a Constitutional amendment explicitly authorizing the Congress and the states to regulate campaign expenditures.

Support H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would provide permanent protections for Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders, and any related administrative actions.

Support H.R.51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would admit the District of Columbia as the 51st state in the Union.

Oppose William Perry Pendleys nomination to be the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

Support inclusion of language in end of year appropriations bills to protect TPS and DED holders beyond 2021.

Oppose Cory Wilsons nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Oppose Justin Walkers nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

Support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.

Oppose Dr. Nancy Becks nomination to be the chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Support COVID-19 disaster recovery legislation that sustainably invests in clean infrastructure, social systems, postal service, transit, and manufacturing sectors that protect workers.

Urge DHS, DOJ, and DOD to halt all border wall construction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Protect frontline workers and communities, invest in election assistance funding, and build more resilient and equitable communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support the advancement of climate change and environmental justice efforts with COVID-19 economic stimulus.

Urge the development and passage of an economic stimulus package focused on working people and the public good during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support economic and just economic stimulus spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Urge DOI and EPA to pause all open public comment periods on active rulemaking and non-rulemaking notices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Request that all COVID-19 relief and stimulus packages contribute to a just recovery.

Oppose assistance for the cruise industry to address the rapid drop-off of worldwide travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support the adoption of policies to ensure the publics safety and orderly conduct of the 2020 primary and general elections in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support the use of emergency funds by higher education institutions to provide aid to students according to need and regardless of immigration status.

Support H.R. 6559 and S. 3677, the Every Worker Protection Act of 2020, which sets a standard to protect certain employees from occupational exposure to COVID-19.

Support H.R. 7573, which would remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served in the Confederacy from the U.S. Capitol building. This bill would also replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney with a bust of Thurgood Marshall.

Urge Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue, enforce, and train employers and workers in the provisions of an emergency temporary standard to protect all frontline workers from COVID-19 and o Require the Mine Safety and Health Administration to issue, enforce, and train employers and workers in the provisions of an emergency standard to protect coal miners from COVID-19.

Support a halt to the consideration of judicial nominations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support funding for the United States Postal Service in the COVID-19 response package.

Support the automatic extension of DACA work authorizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support COVID-19 relief measures that reach communities at HEROES Act levels and support clean energy jobs.

Support the inclusion of outdoor tourism and outdoor recreation investments in future COVID-19 recovery legislation by including a robust Outdoor Restoration and Resilience Jobs title.

Support the inclusion of immigrant families, workers, taxpayers, and their U.S. children and spouses in COVID-19 recovery packages.

Support the immediate extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) through Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to individuals who are currently protected by TPS or merited a grant of TPS under the terms of the statute but have been stymied by the current administration.

Support the delay of a Supreme Court justice nomination until after inauguration in order to protect immigrants.

Oppose the OMB Circular M-20-34, Training in the Federal Government, and the related Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping to prevent the damaging impact on agency efforts to address prejudice, workplace harassment, discrimination, and related challenges.

Oppose unprecedented efforts to nominate a replacement to the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death, while millions of voters have voted in the presidential election.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

FOREIGN ENTITIES

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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
No Yes