Murkowski Thanks Forest Service for Administrative Fix to Cabin Fees in the Tongass
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today commended the U.S. Forest Service for administratively enacting language to limit fees on subsistence cabins in the Tongass National Forest that Murkowski originally proposed in the Alaska Subsistence Structure Protection Act of 2013 (S. 736). “It was wrong for the Forest Service to charge subsistence users […]
Landrieu Blasts Administration for Yet Another Keystone Delay
I plan to use my power as chair of the Senate Energy Committee to take the decisive action to get this pipeline permit approved.
Sen. Murkowski Blasts State Department Decision to Further Delay Keystone XL Approval
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today issued the following response to the U.S. State Department’s decision to indefinitely delay the process for approving the Keystone XL pipeline project: “The administration’s choice to delay indefinitely a decision on extending the Keystone XL pipeline is nothing short of a stunning act of political cowardice. […]
Sen. Murkowski Provision Protecting Alaska Native Veteran Allotment Signed into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed enactment of legislation protecting a privately owned subsistence cabin on an Alaska Native veteran allotment within the Yukon-Delta National Wildlife Refuge. President Obama on Tuesday signed into law the Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (S. 404), which contained language by Murkowski to protect a […]
Murkowski: Alaska’s Long History of Supplying LNG to Japan to Continue
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today commented on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement that ConocoPhillips’ non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export license has been approved. “I’m glad ConocoPhillips will be able to add to Alaska’s 40-year history of supplying natural gas to Japan,” Murkowski said. “Today’s announcement by […]
Sens. Landrieu, Murkowski Ask EIA for Closer Look at Crude Oil Exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today requested the Energy Information Administration (EIA) conduct “dynamic and ongoing” analysis of issues related to lifting the ban on crude oil exports. “While we are aware that the EIA has limited resources and numerous reporting requirements to the Congress, we would like […]
Landrieu Highlights Need to Ensure Security and Reliability of Nation’s Electric Grids
A power outage of even a few minutes can be a terrible inconvenience, it can be a costly occurrence, or it could be a real threat to public health, particularly when temperatures are very high or very low, or in the aftermath of storms, disasters, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, mudslides, fires.
Sen. Murkowski Calls for Redoubling Efforts to Improve Grid Security, Reliability
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today called for greater focus on the potential impacts of a range of threats facing the nation’s electric grid, including physical and cyber security dangers, and risks posed by an expanding list of federal environmental regulations. (Click for video of Sen. Murkowski’s opening statement.) “It has been […]
DOE Inspector General Confirms Mishandling of Leaked Grid Vulnerability Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s inspector general today alerted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to the fact that sensitive information on potential physical security vulnerabilities of the electric grid should have been classified and protected from release at the time it was created. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) last month wrote […]
Murkowski Applauds House Passage of Bill Protecting Alaska Family’s Cabin from Demolition
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today applauded passage of legislation by the House of Representatives securing protection of a privately owned subsistence cabin on an Alaska Native veteran allotment within the Yukon-Delta National Wildlife Refuge from demolition by federal land managers. The Murkowski language allows for a one-time exemption to the Alaska […]