ICYMI: Manchin Urges Passage Of American Energy Innovation Act On Senate Floor
To watch Ranking Member Manchin’s floor remarks click here. Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Chairman Senator Lisa Murkowksi delivered remarks on the Senate floor encouraging the passage of their bipartisan American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA). The AEIA is an all-of-the-above approach to […]
20 Senators: Defense Authorization Bill Should Include Advanced Nuclear
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Cory Booker, D-N.J., recently led a bipartisan group of 20 Senators in sending a letter to urge the inclusion of S. 903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA), within S. 4049, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. The members’ letter highlights nuclear energy’s contribution to […]
Delegation Welcomes Final Environmental Impact Statement on NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an updated Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The final EIS will be followed by a record of decision that will […]
Alaska Native Vietnam War-Era Veterans Are One Step Closer to Being Able to Apply for Land Allotments
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) announcement of proposed rules that will allow more than 1,000 Alaska Native Vietnam War-era veterans to apply for land allotments of up to 160 acres of land. This is a key step to fulfilling an […]
Murkowski: Mineral Supply Chains Critical to Energy – and Health, Economy, and Security
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mineral supply chains, the role of those supply chains in economic and national security, and the challenges America faces in rebuilding them. This is the committee’s ninth hearing on the importance of minerals to supply chains during Murkowski’s time as Chairman […]
Manchin, Energy Committee Holds Mineral Supply Chain Hearing, Slams Mining Law
To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s questioning, please click here. Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the impact of COVID-19 on mineral supply chains and the role of those supply chains […]
IEA Global Commission Releases Efficiency Recommendations
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global Commission for Urgent Action on Energy Efficiency today discussed its new report featuring recommendations for governments around the world to help increase energy efficiency. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska and an honorary member of the Commission, spoke about the report today during IEA’s fifth annual Global Conference on Energy […]
ICYMI: American Energy Innovation Act Can Boost the Economic Recovery
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday took to the Senate floor to outline how the energy industry has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic – and urged her colleagues to pass the American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA) to help boost the nation’s economic recovery. Murkowski’s comments followed a hearing held by ENR on Tuesday morning […]
Murkowski to NOAA: Update Tsunami Monitoring in Prince William Sound
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, recently sent a letter urging officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to prioritize improvements to tsunami-monitoring in Prince William Sound and throughout Alaska. State officials recently announced the discovery of potential for one of the largest landslide threats in Alaska history at Barry Arm—where an unstable slope […]
Alaska Delegation Urges Senior U.S. Monetary Officials to Review Big Banks’ Discrimination Against the Energy Sector & Alaska Native Communities
U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Don Young (all R-Alaska) yesterday sent a letter to Chairman Jerome Powell and Vice Chair Randy Quarles of the Federal Reserve, Acting U.S. Comptroller of Currency Brian Brooks, and Chairwoman Jelena McWilliams of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, urging these officials to consider regulatory action and oversight of […]