Editing Rob Portman (section)

===Environment===

In 2011, Portman voted to limit the government's ability to regulate [[greenhouse gas emissions]], and in 2015, he voted to block the [[Clean Power Plan]].<ref>U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress - 1st Session, Vote Number 307, November 17, 2015. {{cite web| url = https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00307#top| title = U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress - 1st Session}}</ref><ref>U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 1st Session, Vote Number 54, April 6, 2011. {{cite web| url = https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00054| title = U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 1st Session}}</ref> In 2013, he voted for a point of order opposing a [[carbon tax]] or a fee on carbon emissions.<ref>U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 1st Session, Vote Number 59, March 22, 2013. {{cite web| url = https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00059| title = U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 1st Session}}</ref> In 2012, Portman said he wanted more oil drilling on public lands.<ref>{{cite news|date=December 31, 2012|title=Rob Portman claims oil production on public lands was down 14% in 2011: Politifact Ohio|newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]]|publisher=[[Advance Media Publications]]|location=Cleveland, Ohio|url=http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/12/rob_portman_claims_oil_product.html|access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> Portman supported development of the [[Keystone XL pipeline]], stating "The arguments when you line them up are too strong not to do this. I do think that at the end of the day the president [Obama] is going to go ahead with this."<ref>{{cite news|year=2012|title=Portman: Keystone pipeline would help Ohio|newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/03/20/portman-pipeline-would-help-ohio.html|access-date=November 24, 2012}}</ref>

In 2013, Portman co-sponsored a bill that would reauthorize and modify the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 and would [[authorization bill|authorize]] the [[appropriations bill (United States)|appropriation]] of $20.5 million annually through 2018 for the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) to mitigate the harmful effects of [[algal blooms]] and [[Hypoxia (environmental)|hypoxia]].<ref name="1254cbo">{{cite web|title=CBO – S. 1254|date=May 23, 2014|url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45393|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="ThisWkHill">{{cite news|last1=Marcos|first1=Cristina|title=This week: Lawmakers to debate appropriations, VA, student loans|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/scheduling/208546-this-week-lawmakers-to-debate-appropriations-va-student-loans/|access-date=June 10, 2014|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>

Portman co-sponsored an amendment to the 2017 Energy Bill that acknowledged that [[global warming|climate change]] is real and human activity [[Attribution of recent climate change|contributes]] to the problem.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 28, 2016|title=These Republican Lawmakers Are Turning To Climate Action To Help Keep Their Seats|url=http://thinkprogress.org/these-republican-lawmakers-are-turning-to-climate-action-to-help-keep-their-seats-7b9b3893c9de|website=[[ThinkProgress]]}}</ref>