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Today we made it through the first day of the energy conference. Both Chairman Tauzin and Senator Bingaman appeared pleased with this initial meeting, expressing optimism about chances of developing…
I appreciate the opportunity to lay out some broad opening thoughts for this important conference. Energy is clearly central to our present and future economic prosperity. So, this conference has…
Fires came early to the West this year, scorching nearly 2 million acres by the first day of summer – twice the acreage of the 10-year average for this time…
Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation to authorize a coordinated, consistent, community-based program to restore and maintain the ecological integrity of degraded National Forest System and public lands watersheds….
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-LA) have announced that the first meeting of the House-Senate conference…
“The biggest concern I have with visitor recreation fees is that I do not want these fees to be a deterrent to public use – especially for families or those…
Senate Energy Chairman Jeff Bingaman and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Billy Tauzin today hosted a Capitol Hill news conference to update reporters on progress that has been made in…
“As we get ready to go into conference, this GAO report should be required reading for all energy conferees, especially since the House-passed energy bill doesn’t include electricity. “The GAO…
Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman today urged President Bush not to ignore the many attributes of Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories as he fleshes out his proposal for creating…
S. J. Res. 34 approves the President’s recommendation of the Yucca Mountain site for the development of a nuclear waste repository. Enactment of the resolution will not allow the Department…
Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman has joined dozens of other Senators in appealing to President Bush to release emergency funds to help needy families pay their utility bills. “High energy…
At Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman’s request, Majority Leader Tom Daschle has asked President Bush to nominate New Mexican Suedeen Kelly to fill a vacancy on the Federal Energy Regulatory…
In a floor speech today, Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman urged progress toward an energy conference. He noted that it has been one month since the Senate passed energy legislation…
“Astonishingly, just days after celebrating the first anniversary of the release of its national energy policy, the Bush Administration today weakened a major efficiency standard for air conditioners. This rollback…
“The Administration’s reassessment of the oil and gas potential of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is great news for our nation’s energy future. It also validates the Democratic view that this…
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 15 to investigate price manipulation in Western energy markets during 2000-01, as revealed in documents released this…
“Yesterday, FERC released important information on price manipulation in Western electricity markets by Enron Corporation. Those documents, provided by the new management at Enron, are part of the FERC investigation…
Named Tonight: Senate conferees to the House-Senate conference on the energy bill are Bingaman, Hollings, Baucus, Kerry, Rockefeller, Breaux, Reid, Jeffords, Lieberman, Murkowski, Domenici, Grassley, Nickles, Lott, Craig, Campbell and…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will review the outlook for this year’s wildland fire season as well as assess the Federal land management agencies’ state of readiness for…
— Reduces America’s dependence on foreign oil — Increases domestic supplies of fossil fuels — Promotes new sources of affordable, reliable, clean energy — Protects the environment — Creates hundreds…
“Today, pursuant to the law, I filed a resolution approving Yucca Mountain, Nev., for the development of a centralized storage site for high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. As…
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Senate Energy Committee chairman, today asked Interior Secretary Gale Norton to release preliminary results of a U.S. Geological Survey assessment of the estimated oil and gas resources…
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, have released two reports comparing job creation in the…
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has scheduled a full committee hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 6, to examine the effects of amendments to the Public Utility Holding Company…
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony about the impact of the ENRON bankruptcy on energy markets. The problems of accounting misrepresentations, lost pension funds and potential tax…