Merkley, Wyden Announce $500,000 for CRITFC to Advance Salmon-Friendly Clean Energy Efforts in the Columbia River Basin
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) is receiving $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Future Grants (EFG) Program to advance river and energy system models adapted to the Columbia River Basin that
El Senador Merkley preside el Subcomité de Asignaciones sobre el Presupuesto del Servicio Forestal – Declaración de apertura
El 10 de abril de 2024, el senador Jeff Merkley presidió una audiencia del Subcomité de Asignaciones sobre la propuesta de presupuesto para el año fiscal 2025 para el Servicio Forestal de EE. UU. Vea la audiencia completa: https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2025-budget-request-for-the-us-forest-service
Wyden, Merkley: Five Oregon Airports Secure Total Federal Aid of $1.45 Million
Lake County, Scappoose, Bend Municipal, Albany Municipal and Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles Municipal airports earn federal grants Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that airports in Lake, Columbia, Deschutes, Linn and Wasco counties have secured a total of more than $1.4 million in federal grants for construction,
Wyden, Merkley Announce $2.5 Million towards Solar Projects over Canals in Central Oregon
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the North Unit Irrigation District (NUID) in Central Oregon has secured a $2.5 million federal award to build and monitor solar panels on the main canal of its Deschutes project. The irrigation district is proposing to build floating photovoltaic solar
Merkley Announces 2024 Town Halls for Tillamook, Clatsop, Columbia, Linn, and Benton Counties
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today town halls will be held in Tillamook, Clatsop, and Columbia counties on Saturday, April 6 and Linn and Benton counties on Sunday, April 7. The five events continue Merkley’s 2024 town hall tour of Oregon, where he will hold a community conversation for each of
Merkley, Schakowsky Lead Colleagues to File Court Brief Supporting Landmark Youth Climate Lawsuit
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) today led their colleagues in filing a brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to support the Juliana v. United States youth plaintiffs, 11 of whom are Oregonians from Eugene, Beaverton, Bend, Roseburg, and Oakland
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