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On Friday, Sept. 12, the Senate Energy Committee will host an all-day summit to facilitate the development of comprehensive legislation to address America’s many energy challenges. The Senate-wide meeting, from…
Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman has agreed to help lead an energy summit next month when the Senate returns to session. The Senate has been blocked from considering…
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today directed the Minerals Management Service to begin planning a new 5-year offshore oil and gas program that could result in the acceleration of…
A provision to improve and promote energy efficient mortgages is included in the Housing aid legislation that the Senate passed on Saturday. The bipartisan proposal was put forward by Sens….
As part of the debate on the energy speculation bill (S. 3268), Senate Democrats today offered a proposal to “find more and use less” energy – and do it in…
“Good Morning. Average gasoline prices have been above $4.00 since the beginning of June. As of July 21, gasoline prices averaged $4.06, I think their higher than that today. …
“Mr. President, the Senate is scheduled to vote this morning on the motion to proceed to legislation introduced last week by the Majority Leader (the Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act…
On Monday, July 21, the Subcommittee on National Parks will receive testimony at a FIELD hearing regarding the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of all species within the Great Smoky Mountains…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today pressed Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to take immediate action to encourage development on millions of acres that have been leased for oil and…
Building on the success of previous energy-themed workshops — on climate, on natural gas, on coal, on biofuels, etc. – the Senate Energy Committee will convene another such workshop, on…
“This is a hearing on two proposals to support financing for deployment of new clean energy technologies. We’ve had a number of hearings in the Committee on the energy challenges…
On Tuesday, July 15, the full committee will examine legislation to improve the availability of financing for deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies and to enhance United States’…
21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act Sen. Bingaman has introduced a bill that will increase the availability of financing for clean energy and energy efficiency technologies. A hearing on…
With high-level international talks this week on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we think that Chairman Bingaman’s remarks this morning to NDN were especially well-timed. Bingaman’s speech highlights four strategies that…
Good morning. It is good to be in Albuquerque again. I look forward to this morning’s hearing. It is on a topic that holds great hope for the nation…
On Tuesday, July 8, the Subcommittee on Water and Power will consider the following bills: S. 2842, to require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out annual inspections of…
Last night, Chairman Bingaman introduced a new bill that is a bipartisan collection of more than 90 individual bills which have been reported by the Senate Energy Committee. This…
On Wednesday, July 2, the full committee will hold a field hearing to examine the progress of electricity generation from concentrating solar power. Witnesses include Charles Andraka, Sandia National Laboratories,…
“Thank you all for coming today to discuss the global energy challenges and the technologies that the U.S. and the world should be pursuing to address global climate change. “Nearly…
On Wednesday, June 25, the full committee will examine the challenges to developing technologies that meet the needs of increased global energy demand, in the context of global climate change….
“Today’s hearing focuses on the preparedness of Federal agencies for the current wildfire season. So far, it has been a very active one, with major wildfires from coast-to-coast, including the…
“The topic of today’s hearing is renewable electricity generation and transmission. “The Federal government has been trying to encourage the development of renewable electricity since at least the late…
Here’s a headline from today that should sound familiar: “Oil hits record near $140”. Gasoline prices also rose to a new high — $4.08 a gallon. Since the start…
"Leading energy experts across the country agree that recent, unprecedented jumps in crude oil prices are due, in large measure, to rampant speculation in the energy commodities markets.” That…
Ø On Tuesday, June 17, the full committee will examine the challenges and regional solutions to developing transmission for renewable electricity resources. Witnesses include Kevin Kolevar, assistant secretary for Electricity…