Merkley, Murkowski Lead Bipartisan Resolution Supporting Sea Grant Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced today that they have introduced a bipartisan Senate Resolution expressing support for the National Sea Grant College Program. The Senators highlighted the importance of the program to improving the health of coastal ecosystems and sustaining fisheries, and
Merkley, Wyden Join Colleagues in Effort to Overturn Anti-Climate Executive Order
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined more than 30 U.S. Senators today to introduce legislation that would rescind President Trump’s Executive Order, signed yesterday, that aims to reverse several landmark U.S. initiatives to combat climate change. “Climate change is causing great destruction to
Oregon leaders denounce Trump order on climate
Major Oregon politicians rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order Tuesday to roll back U.S. efforts to combat climate change. Gov. Kate Brown joined with the governors of Washington and California — and mayors of five major West Coast cities, including Portland’s Ted Wheeler — in a press release denouncing Trump’s executive order,
West Coast leaders, senators fight Trump energy, climate order
SALEM, Ore. – A group of West Coast governors and mayors, and Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley took stands Tuesday in opposition to President Trump’s executive order aimed at putting American jobs ahead of what the president called overly burdensome federal environmental regulations. Gov. Kate Brown released the
SENATORS PUSH BACK ON TRUMP’S REOPENING OF COAL LEASING ON PUBLIC LANDS, REINTRODUCE “KEEP IT IN THE GROUND” ACT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of Senators led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced today that they will re-introduce the Keep It in the Ground Act in response to President Trump’s Executive Order lifting the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management’s moratorium on federal coal leasing. Merkley was joined by
Merkley Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the State Department granted a permit for the completion of the Keystone XL Pipeline: “The State Department’s decision to approve Keystone XL is an unacceptable assault on anyone who cares about clean water and a livable planet. Here’s what
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