Barrasso: BLM Rule Threatens Wyoming Way of Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released their finalized Public Lands Rule. This rule subverts the multiple-use requirement under the Federal Land Policy Management Act and will block access […]
Manchin, Committee Question Secretary Granholm on Administration’s FY 2025 DOE Budget Request
To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s questioning, please click here. Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) held a hearing to question U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm about the President’s budget request for the DOE for […]
Barrasso: President Biden is Choking Off Affordable and Reliable American Energy
“In every case, prices are not only worse under Biden – they are significantly worse… This is a record of failure.” Click here to watch Senator Barrasso’s opening remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full […]
Manchin Announces More Than $1.6 Million in Funding from Secure Rural Schools Program for West Virginia Counties
Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that 14 West Virginia counties will receive a combined $1,684,201.95 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service through the Secure Rural Schools program to support public schools, roads and watersheds and to reimburse counties for providing […]
Barrasso Blasts BLM’s Latest Oil and Gas Leasing Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement slamming the Department of the Interior’s final rule to revise the Bureau of Land Management’s oil and gas leasing regulations. This rule imposes higher fees and royalties, dramatically raises bonding requirements, and […]
Manchin Tours Construction Progress at Form Energy’s Weirton Plant
Charleston, WV — Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Form Energy’s leadership to tour the company’s new iron air battery manufacturing plant, Form Factory 1, which is under construction in Weirton, West Virginia. Form broke ground on Form Factory 1 — its first factory in West Virginia and the company’s […]
Manchin Announces More Than $470K in Land and Water Conservation Grants to Develop and Upgrade Local West Virginia Parks
Charleston, WV – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $470,254 in funding for projects to improve public outdoor recreation, provide additional fields and playground access across West Virginia and to develop West Milford’s first community park. This funding was secured through Chairman Manchin’s historic Great American Outdoors Act. “Today’s […]
ICYMI: Barrasso Pens Op-Ed: Biden’s War on Energy Is Bad for America and Her Allies
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in an op-ed for National Review, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Russ Duerstine, Executive Director of Concerned Veterans for America, outlined the disastrous impacts of President Biden’s indefinite “pause” on the permitting process for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. […]
Barrasso Releases Statement on BLM’s Final Methane Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the final methane rule. “The Bureau of Land Management’s final rule is a solution in search of a problem. The Environmental […]
Manchin: EPA Methane Fee Rules Raise the Costs of Domestic Energy Production
Charleston, WV — Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing concerns about the EPA’s implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) methane fee through the Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Rule (WEC Rule) […]