Cantwell Leads Pacific Northwest Lawmakers In Telling Secretary Zinke: Hands Off Our Coast
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the Interior Department’s public meeting in Tacoma, Washington on February 5, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), led a bicameral, bipartisan group of 16 Pacific Northwest lawmakers in a letter to Secretary Zinke calling for the removal of the Washington/Oregon planning area from […]
Cantwell Statement On Trump Plans To Gut Renewable Energy And Energy Efficiency Programs
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the Trump administration proposal to cut the Department of Energy’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs by 72 percent for FY19: “Clean energy has been one of the biggest job-creators over the past […]
Murkowski Convenes Oversight Hearing on Natural Hazards
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday chaired a full committee hearing to discuss natural hazards, including volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and avalanches, and the effectiveness of early warning monitoring systems to minimize risks and protect local communities. The committee received testimony from experts from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Forest Service, the Mayor of […]
Committee Advances Four Energy and Interior Nominees
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today held a business meeting to advance four of President Trump’s nominees for the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior (DOI): Melissa Burnison to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs; Susan Combs to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior […]
Cantwell Sounds The Alarm: America Needs Stronger Monitoring Of Natural Hazards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, January 30, 2018, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) highlighted the importance of improving natural hazard monitoring and preparedness systems in the U.S. “Earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches, tsunamis have the potential to impact millions of Americans every year,” said Senator Cantwell. Washington State is greatly […]
Delegation Urges Interior to Keep Chukchi, Beaufort, and Cook Inlet in New Offshore Program
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to provide comment on the Alaska-specific offshore areas in the Draft Proposed Program (DPP) for Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing for 2019-2024 that should be included in its Final Proposed […]
Auto Show Hearing Highlights U.S. Innovation, Emerging Technologies
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a full committee field hearing at the Washington Auto Show to discuss the innovation, research, and development of advanced vehicle technologies and their impacts on our energy security and infrastructure. “This truly is an exciting time for the automotive sector, with a host of new technologies emerging in […]
Hearing Spotlights Importance of Energy Infrastructure, Diverse Fuel Mix
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to discuss the performance of our nation’s electric power system during cold weather events, particularly the recent bomb cyclone that affected Northeast states. The committee heard from representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation […]
Cantwell Defends FERC’s Independence
Sen. Cantwell’s Opening Statement Can Be Found Here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) raised concerns over the administration’s continued attempts to prop up dying energy technologies which are getting outcompeted in the market. “Given some of the troubling stories about coal interests […]
Cantwell Statement On Secretary Zinke’s Land-Exchange For Road Through Wildlife Refuge
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following statement on Secretary’s land-exchange agreement in Alaska: “Secretary Zinke’s secretly-negotiated deal to give away the heart of the publicly-owned Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness shows his continued willingness to ignore the law. This […]