Sen. Murkowski Calls for National Approach to Addressing Forest Management
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today pressed Obama administration officials to more actively manage the nation’s public forests to ensure both healthy ecosystems and economies in rural communities surrounded by national forest lands. Thursday’s hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered two different approaches to improving forestry management, the […]
Wyden O&C Bill Moves Forward in Energy Committee
Washington, D.C. – Sen. Ron Wyden’s bill to create stable jobs, sustainable forestry and permanent conservation gains on Oregon’s O&C Lands took a step forward today, when the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the bill. Wyden, D-Ore., is the chairman of the committee. Wyden said the bill offers a fresh […]
Wyden, Cantwell Request Analysis of How Oil Exports Would Affect U.S. Gas Prices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to the Energy Information Administration, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) recently requested more data on how American gas prices would be affected if a decades-old ban on U.S. crude oil exports is lifted. Congress is discussing proposals to change or repeal the ban as domestic […]
Sen. Murkowski Grills Nominee Suh over Interior’s Lack of Respect for Alaskans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today firmly pressed the nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fish Wildlife and Parks, Rhea Suh on the Interior Department’s disregard for the needs and concerns of the people of Alaska. Murkowski questioned Suh about whether the department was doing anything to ensure the safety of the people […]
Sen. Murkowski Secures Commitment to Arctic Development
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today secured a commitment from the nominee for Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Janice Schneider, to improve the Interior Department’s permitting process and provide greater regulatory certainty for oil and natural gas exploration in the Arctic. (Click photo for video of Sen. Murkowski’s questioning of […]
Murkowski Urges Obama to Reverse Interior Decision on King Cove
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today sent a letter to President Obama calling on him to reconsider Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s rejection of a land exchange in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that would provide a life-saving road for the residents of the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska. “The core issue […]
Wyden Endorses Interior Nominees, Urges Swift Confirmation
Washington, D.C. –Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in a hearing today expressed his continued support for two Interior Department nominees and urged the committee to quickly vote on their nominations. At the request of some members, the committee held a second hearing for the nominations of Rhea S. Suh to […]
Sen. Murkowski: Extra Funding will Allow BLM to Make Progress on Legacy Wells, Land Conveyances
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) welcomed a recent announcement by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that, because of increased funding secured with Murkowski’s help, it would be able to accelerate cleanup work on decades-old exploration wells drilled and then abandoned by federal surveyors in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A) BLM Alaska […]
Murkowski Calls Out Interior’s Inconsistency on King Cove Road
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today pressed Rhea Suh, nominated to be the next assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks at the Interior Department, on the importance of approving a life-saving road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to protect the health and safety of the people of King Cove, Alaska. […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on State Report on Keystone XL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today commented on the Obama administration’s release of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on the Keystone XL Pipeline, which can be found on the State Department’s website. “Today’s report from the State Department report has once again determined that the Keystone XL pipeline – which would […]