Sen. Murkowski Congratulates Ucore Rare Metals on Defense Department Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today congratulated Ucore Rare Metals Inc. on reaching an agreement with the U.S. Defense Department allowing the company to continue its work on understanding the vast potential for production of heavy rare earth elements in Alaska. “This announcement is great news for Alaska and for the United […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski Comments on Start of Arctic Drilling by Shell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following comment regarding the start of simultaneous preliminary work by Shell at the company’s Arctic leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. “Today’s announcement is bittersweet,” Murkowski said. “It is welcome news that Shell has finally begun exploration in the Beaufort and that work […]
Murkowski Introduces Amendment to Preserve Access, Recreation on Public Lands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced her Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act as an amendment to legislation currently being considered on the Senate floor. Murkowski’s amendment is a first-degree amendment to Sen. Jon Tester’s, D-Montana, Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 (S. 3525). “While I appreciate Sen. Tester’s efforts in […]
Senate Advances Efficiency Bill
The Senate unanimously approved a bill (H.R. 4850) with two amendments on Saturday morning that make time-sensitive reforms, provide regulatory relief to manufacturers of certain appliances and equipment, and clarify the requirements within the industrial efficiency and the federal agency energy efficiency programs. The Bingaman amendment would continue the success of the 25-year old Department […]
Sen. Murkowski: Unfair for FERC to Continue Collecting Land-Use Fees on Non-Federally Owned Lands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned administration witness on her legislation to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from collecting land-use fees from hydropower projects on land that the federal government no longer owns during a Water and Power Subcommittee hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Under […]
Sen. Murkowski Recaps her Visit to North Dakota’s Bakken Region
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., toured oil production facilities and associated sites in North Dakota’s Bakken region on Monday and Tuesday. The two-day tour of western North Dakota’s oil patch highlighted the economic boom occurring in parts of the Heartland where energy development is being embraced as […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on Shell’s Revised Drilling Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following statement after Shell announced that it is revising its plans for the 2012-2012 exploration program, forgoing drilling into hydrocarbon zones this year: “I’m disappointed with the news, but believe Shell has made the right decision, keeping safety paramount,” Sen. Murkowski said. “Arctic oil […]
Sens. Murkowski, Hoeven to Tour North Dakota Energy Sites
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is traveling to North Dakota on Monday for a two-day tour of oil and natural gas development in that state’s Bakken region with Sen. John Hoeven, her colleague on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. North Dakota and Alaska are national energy leaders, ranking, respectively, the […]
Week Ahead: September 17-21
On Wednesday, September 19, the Water and Power Subcommittee will receive testimony on S. 3265, a bill to collect land use fees; H.R. 2842, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2012; S. 3464, the Mni Wiconi Project Act Amendments of 2012 in South Dakota; and S. 3483, the […]
Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012
“The Committee meets this morning to consider S. 3469, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012. “S. 3469 is intended to implement the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission that Secretary Chu appointed to review the nuclear waste program. The Blue Ribbon Commission issued its final report in January. This Committee heard from the two […]