Senators Call on DOE to Establish US-Israel Energy Center to Advance Energy Research and Innovation
Washington, D.C. – Today, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators led by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Leadership Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), sent a letter to Department of Energy’s (DOE) Secretary Moniz requesting the establishment of a center to foster the U.S.-Israel partnership in advancing important energy research and development. In […]
Murkowski: Mineral Security Must Be a National Priority
U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, stressed the importance of strengthening our nation’s mineral security at today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s hearing on S. 883, the American Mineral Security Act of 2015. The legislation, authored by Murkowski, would revitalize the United States’ minerals supply chain and help reduce our dependence on foreign suppliers. Click […]
Cantwell Calls for Innovation and New Approaches to Critical Minerals
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, highlighted the importance of critical minerals to our energy infrastructure and called for innovative approaches to development of those materials here in the United States.
Chairman Murkowski Welcomes DOI Approval of Shell Exploration Plan
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the Interior Department’s conditional approval of Shell’s Arctic exploration plan for this summer with the following statement: “Approval of Shell’s exploration plan for Alaska’s Chukchi Sea marks another important step toward the United States assuming a leadership role in the Arctic. With an estimated 25 percent of the […]
Cantwell: Coal Royalty Rule Must Eliminate Loopholes and Better Account for Carbon Pollution
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) urged the U.S. Department of the Interior to ensure a fair return to taxpayers now that the comment period has closed on a proposal to reform coal royalties: “The Interior Department needs to be more aggressive in reforming the outdated federal coal program. Taxpayers deserve a […]
Chairman Murkowski Announces Subcommittee Members for the 114th Congress
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today announced members to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s four subcommittees. ENERGYJames E. Risch, Chairman Jeff FlakeSteve DainesBill CassidyCory GardnerJohn HoevenLamar AlexanderRob PortmanShelley Capito Joe Manchin III, RankingBernard SandersDebbie StabenowAl FrankenMartin HeinrichMazie HironoAngus KingElizabeth Warren PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND MININGJohn […]
Democratic Energy Bill Proposals
Democratic Energy Bill: the American Energy Innovation Act of 2015 Read the bill text. Read the bill summary. Read the bill one pager. Read Sen. Cantwell’s remarks from the press conference on the Democratic Energy Bill. As the committee progresses on energy legislation, Sen. Cantwell has introduced the following legislation. These bills are meant as […]
EPA Must End RFS Uncertainty
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set strong Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) required under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that provides long-needed certainty to farmers and workers in […]
Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Cantwell Announce Upcoming Hearing Schedule
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced its next five upcoming hearings over the coming weeks on the three remaining titles – infrastructure, supply and accountability – of a broad energy bill, on critical minerals legislation, and on legislation before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining. More information on these hearings […]
Chairman Murkowski Welcomes Energy Department Approval of Cove Point LNG Export Project
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Department of Energy (DOE) for approving Dominion’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project at Cove Point, Maryland. The approval comes after a call from Murkowski last year to move ahead with consideration of Dominion’s application for an authorization to export LNG from its Maryland facility. “Today’s decision […]