Senator Cantwell Releases a Bold Vision for Water in the 21st Century
Washington, DC – Today, on World Water Day, Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) released a white paper to advance the development of a 21st century national framework for addressing drought and water security in the United States. An unprecedented drought last year and 15 years […]
Cantwell Asks Forest Service to Deny Hardrock Drilling Permits Near Mount St. Helens
Read Sen. Cantwell’s Letter to Chief Tidwell here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, expressing her opposition to exploratory drilling and hardrock mining on public lands acquired for conservation with money from the […]
Sen. Murkowski Secures $11.5 Million in Secure Rural Schools Payments to Alaska
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that communities across Alaska will receive $11,540,639 to fund school and local budgets across the state. The funds come through the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. Murkowski helped secure a two-year extension of SRS through FY2015 in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (P.L. 114-10) and voted for the […]
Sen. Murkowski to Hold Field Hearing in Fairbanks
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a field hearing on Monday, March 28 to examine opportunities to create jobs and strengthen national security from increased Alaska resource development. The hearing will be held in Fairbanks at the Pipeline Training Center and feature testimony from […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on Interior’s New OCS Air Regulations
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, criticized today’s announcement by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that it will seek to impose additional retroactive requirements that will further restrict domestic offshore oil and natural gas production in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. “These regulations will impose additional costs in return for […]
Sen. Murkowski: Obama’s Reversal on Atlantic OCS is Ominous Warning to Alaska
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program. “The administration’s decision to maintain a limited number of lease sales in the Alaskan offshore and recognition of the importance of consultation with Alaskans is welcome news. […]
Sen. Murkowski: Admin.’s Mitigation Memo Causing Confusion, Mistrust
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned the Obama administration on the purpose and effects of President Obama’s memorandum, entitled Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment, released late last year. The Memorandum’s expansion of mitigation principles coupled with its vagueness raises questions that it will simply elongate an already […]
Cantwell Applauds Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation and Bringing More Private Investment into Conservation
Watch her opening statement here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) applauded the goals of the November 2015 Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation. This mitigation memorandum does not impose any new requirements on agencies, but directs each agency to adopt a clear, consistent […]
Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Cantwell Announce Upcoming Hearing Schedule
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced three hearings over the next three weeks. The full committee will examine the President’s recent memorandum on mitigation and the effects that it would have on domestic energy production. The Subcommittee on National Parks will examine 24 pieces of legislation related to issues within its jurisdiction. […]
Cantwell Asks Interior Secretary Jewell For Plan to Protect Taxpayers and End Self-Bonding for Coal Mining Reclamation
Read Sen. Cantwell’s letter to Secretary Jewell here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) wrote Interior Secretary Sally Jewell about her concerns with self-bonding for coal mine reclamation. After laying out a series of recent examples and key arguments, Sen. Cantwell asked […]