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
Senate votes to increase wind energy funding
The Senate passed an amendment Tuesday that would keep funding for wind energy research and development at its current level and restore a cut that appropriators had put into their bill. The amendment, from Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), would provide $95.4 million for the Department of Energy’s wind program, up
Merkley-Grassley Wind Energy Amendment Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States Senate passed a bipartisan amendment sponsored by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that restores funding for wind energy research and development (R&D). The amendment was attached to the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Energy and Water Appropriations bill. “Wind energy
Merkley Statement on the Signing of Historic Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after nations from around the world convened on Earth Day at the United Nations to sign the historic Paris Climate Agreement: “The Paris Agreement signed today represents a breakthrough moment in the international fight to take on climate change.
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