Forty-One Senators Push to Keep Harmful Environmental Riders Out of Appropriations Bills
The senators warn that anti-environment policy riders inserted by House Republicans could jam up Senate’s ability to pass bipartisan spending bills Washington, DC – Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and 38 additional senators today urged Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice-Chair Susan
Ahead of COP28, Huffman, Merkley Announce Legislation to End International Investments in Fossil Fuels
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today announced they will re-introduce the Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2023, which would tackle the problem of international financial institutions helping to finance fossil fuel projects that are accelerating the climate crisis. This comes as
Merkley, Huffman, Barragán, McClellan, Colleagues: New Liquefied Fossil Gas Licenses Not in the Public’s Interest
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44), and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), sent a bicameral letter along with over 60 of their colleagues to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) urging the agency to update how it determines if new
Merkley Takes a Stand to End Arctic Drilling
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley introduced legislation to prohibit irresponsible and unacceptable drilling in the Arctic, which puts at risk the health of local ecosystems, communities, and the global environment. The Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2023 would prevent any new or renewed leases for
Senator Merkley Questions Expert on Protecting Wetlands
Senator Merkley spoke with Dr. Mažeika Patricio Sulliván, Director of the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science at Clemson University, during an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing entitled “Examining the Implications of Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Clean Water Act Protections of Wetlands and Streams.”
Merkley, Colleagues Urge IRS to Properly Implement IRA Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credits, With No Giveaways to the Petroleum Industry
Senators: “Companies are proposing to manufacture aviation fuel from sources that include significant amounts of plastic waste, and are claiming that it is sustainable. That is incorrect.” Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ),
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