Tag: Energy Independence

Merkley vows to work on jobs

MAUPIN — Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said his three proposed energy efficiency programs will help create jobs in Wasco County if he is able to insert them into upcoming federal jobs legislation. “When I took office last year, the unemployment rate was going up by 1 percent a month,”

Merkley, Pryor Announce Energy-efficiency Renovations Program for Commercial Buildings

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) introduced legislation Thursday to create jobs by promoting the installation of energy-efficient renovations in commercial and multi-family residential buildings.  Merkley and Pryor were joined by Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Ben Cardin

Wyden, Merkley Announce $5.4 million To Help Oregon Families Pay Utility Bills

Washington, D.C. – Continuing efforts to help low-income residents pay their utility bills, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced today that in response to a letter signed by both senators, the Department of Health and Human Services will release more than $5.4 million to Oregon in

Merkley: Waves Can Power the Future

Corvallis – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley discussed the development of innovative wave energy technologies and leading-edge research to improve tsunami preparedness with leading researchers from the Northwest National Marine Energy Center, Oregon State University’s Wallace Energy Systems & Renewables Facility, Columbia Power Technologies, and OSU’s O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research

Merkley: Brammo Inc. is Driving Clean Energy Job Growth

Ashland  – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley toured BRAMMO Inc. today to see how they are creating jobs in America’s next major growth sector: clean energy technology. By building motorcycles that run on electricity, BRAMMO is contributing to Oregon’s reputation as a world leader in clean energy technology.  The innovative vehicles

Merkley promotes locally inspired energy-efficiency plan

An energy efficiency plan inspired by a Portland lawmaker and the city of Portland’s new Clean Energy Works program could go national in a second-round economic stimulus bill being fashioned in the Senate. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, Oregon’s Democratic junior senator, in a Monday afternoon appearance before the Portland Tribune

Merkley: Portland State University Paving the Way for a Clean Energy Economy

Portland – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley toured Portland State University’s Green Building Lab today and learned about the university’s groundbreaking research and development of sustainable building technologies that will help transform America’s energy economy.  “Energy efficiency is a gift that keeps on giving,” said Merkley.  “Making our homes and buildings

Merkley: Clean Energy Retrofits Hit the “Job Creation Trifecta”

Portland – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley visited a Northeast Portland home today to see how an innovative Portland program is creating jobs and lowering energy costs by financing weatherization projects for local homeowners. The construction project Merkley visited is supported by Clean Energy Works Portland, which was launched with about

Merkley, Wyden: More than $87 Million in Clean Energy Investments Heading to Oregon

Washington, DC – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden cheered today’s announcement that tens of millions in Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits are heading to Oregon for clean energy manufacturing projects as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. “This landmark investment creates jobs all across

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