Energy Committee Passes Wyden Eastside Forest Bill
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today passed legislation sponsored by Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that would boost timber harvests while protecting and restoring old growth forests in Oregon. “The eastern part of my state is down to only a small handful of surviving timber mills,” Wyden said. “Yet without […]
Energy Committee Reports 10 Public Lands, Energy Bills
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today passed 10 bills that will preserve certain lands in Montana and Washington as wilderness, protect and restore old growth forests in Oregon and improve energy cooperation between the United States and Israel. “We decided early on, that we wanted to see if we could […]
Committee Passes Energy, Interior Nominations
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today favorably reported two nominees to fill positions at the Department of Energy and one nominee to the Department of the Interior. Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., expressed his support for all three nominees. “I believe all three of these nominees are highly qualified for the […]
Murkowski: Status Quo on Forest Management Unacceptable, It’s time for a National Forestry Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today called for a national solution to systemic shortcomings in the management of the nation’s forests to address the economic and ecological needs of forests and communities across the country. (Click for video) “When it comes to forest management, we would all agree on both sides of […]
Sen. Murkowski Urges Obama to Include Oil and Gas Data in National Security Strategy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) yesterday sent a letter to the White House urging President Obama to highlight the geopolitical benefits of oil and natural gas production in the forthcoming National Security Strategy. The administration has indicated the document, which sets the president’s priorities and strategic vision, will be released in January. […]
Sen. Murkowski Questions Interior Nominees on Efforts to Place Additional Financial Assurance Requirements on Hardrock Mines
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today pressed two Interior nominees on why the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was trying to duplicate financial assurance requirements on hardrock mining operations that Interior and other agencies already have in place. (Click picture for video.) At Tuesday’s hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, […]
Wyden: Taxpayers Must Receive Fair Return From Oil and Gas Production
Washington, D.C. – The Interior Department must act to ensure taxpayers receive a fair return on oil and gas produced on federal lands, Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in response to a new Government Accountability Office report issued today. “There remains an obligation to the American taxpayers to make sure they […]
Wyden Congratulates NuScale Power and Oregon State University on Energy Department Investment
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today congratulated NuScale Power and Oregon State University, after the Department of Energy announced it will invest in the Corvallis company’s research and development of a new generation of safer and smaller nuclear reactors. The DOE is investing in NuScale Power’s promising work in […]
Wyden Applauds Inclusion of U.S.-Mexico Energy Agreement in Budget Deal
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised Congressional budget negotiators for including the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement in the budget deal struck Tuesday night. Notably, the deal did not include a waiver of Dodd-Frank financial reporting requirements – a waiver the energy industry and Senate had rejected as unnecessary. “It is […]
Energy Committee Passes 12 Public Lands Bills
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed 12 bills that would designate certain lands as wilderness, fund rural water projects in the West, establish new segments of wild and scenic rivers and protect historically significant battlefield sites in several states. Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, […]