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New EPA Rule Dismantles Waste Disposal in Remote Areas of Alaska

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed Federal Plan for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) units, which directly impacts entities in Alaska that use small remote incinerators (SRIs) to dispose of waste in remote areas where traditional disposal methods are unavailable.  […]

Cantwell Combats Trump Transition Questionnaire

Download a PDF of the letter from Sen. Cantwell to Vice President-Elect Pence. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, wrote to Vice President-Elect Pence to clarify misinformation in the questionnaire, establish some of her priorities for the new Congress and re-commit to […]

Sen. Murkowski Comments on the Nomination of Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry for DOE Secretary

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as Secretary of the Department of Energy. “I welcome the President-elect’s nomination of former Gov. Rick Perry to be Secretary of Energy. I strongly believe the leadership at this Department should have a broad […]

Cantwell Calls Recent Questionnaire Sent to DOE “Troubling” and “Disconcerting”

Cantwell Has “A Keen Interest in Ensuring the 15,000 Washingtonians … Employed by the Department Are Not Mistreated Or Subject to Intimidation” Download a PDF of the letter from Sen. Cantwell to Secretary Moniz here. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, wrote […]

Cantwell Statement on $1B Investment in Clean Energy Technologies

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, made the following statement on the formation of Breakthrough Energy Ventures, an investor-led fund that will invest more than $1 billion in early stage and growth companies for clean technologies: “The direct investment Bill Gates, Jeff […]

Cantwell Defends Northwest’s Rivers and Salmon Fisheries

Watch the full video of her speech here. The speech was part of an effort to strip a surprise ‘midnight rider’ amendment from the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Water Resources Development Act, S. 612). The amendment would undermine the Endangered Species Act by taking water from critical salmon habitats and directing it […]

Final Tongass Plan Has Dire Implications for Southeast Economy

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the U.S. Forest Service released its Final Record of Decision (ROD) to amend the Tongass Land Management Plan (plan). “By finalizing a new plan on its way out of office, the Obama administration has […]

Cantwell on Energy Bill: It Is Irresponsible for Our House Colleagues to Drop the Ball

Watch her floor speech here. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, urged her colleagues to encourage the U.S. House of Representatives to take up the consensus agreement on energy and natural resources legislation. Sen. Cantwell discussed many of the hard-fought, breakthrough agreements […]

Alaska Delegation Warns President Obama Against Parting Shots at Alaska

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today sent a letter to President Obama reiterating their strong objections to the use of Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to withdraw acreage in the Arctic planning areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from […]