Senators Urge Administration to Take New Fossil Fuel Leases Off the Table in Offshore Drilling Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter sent last Thursday, June 2, 2016 to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, eleven United States Senators urged the Obama Administration to take new fossil fuel leases off the table and protect vulnerable Arctic ecosystems in the Administration’s 2017-2022 offshore leasing program. The letter, which was
Senate Democrats Call for Ban on Arctic Offshore Drilling
A group of 10 Senate Democrats and one independent called for the Department of the Interior to block offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean in its 2017-2022 drilling plan, in a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Friday. The senators acknowledged they had already won a significant victory when the department
Merkley and Wyden Announce $70 Million For Renewable Energy Research
Portland, OR – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Energy and Water Appropriations bill that passed the Senate this week includes $70 million for wave and geothermal energy research grants. Oregon State University (OSU), as a leader in wave and geothermal energy research, will be well-positioned
Merkley Statement on EPA Methane Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first-ever national standards for methane pollution in the oil and gas industry: “Today’s announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency finalizing the first-ever national standards for dangerous methane pollution for new drilling
Oregon’s Sen. Jeff Merkley joins call to cut air pollution at ports, railyards
NEWARK, N.J. — Oregon’s Sen. Jeff Merkley and four other Senate Democrats are asking federal regulators to do more to cut air pollution around port cities and railyards. New Jersey Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin joined Merkley on Wednesday
Senate Votes to Restore Funding for Wind Energy Research and Development
The U.S. Senate passed an amendment on April 26 that would restore funding for wind energy research and development (R&D) in fiscal year 2017 to $96.4 million—the same amount funded this fiscal year. The amendment passed by a vote of 54–42 as part of Senate consideration of the Energy and
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