Barrasso Issues Statement on BLM Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) plan to publish a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) that includes proposed changes to sage grouse management plans in Wyoming. “For decades, Wyoming has led […]
Manchin Announces $20.5M for West Virginia University Research Corporation Projects, New Partnership to Help Grow Hydrogen Industry
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced a total of $13,800,000 in funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for two projects at West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation to research methods to reduce the cost of producing […]
Barrasso Bill Supports Local Protection of Wyoming’s Old Growth Forests
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, introduced a bill to ensure state and local land managers play an active role in protecting America’s old growth forests. Senator Barrasso introduced this legislation along with Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Jim Risch […]
Manchin Questions Witnesses on Improving Federal Forest and Wildfire Management
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 examine the findings and recommendations of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission [the Commission]. The 50-person Commission was created by […]
Wyoming State Forester Kelly Norris Testifies on Wildfire Threat
Senator Barrasso invited WY State Forester Kelly Norris to testify before the Energy Committee hearing on wildfire risk WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), welcomed Ms. Kelly Norris, Wyoming State Forester, to the committee. Ms. Norris testified at a legislative […]
Barrasso: We Must Address America’s Wildfire Crisis
Wyoming’s forest management approach offers lessons that work. 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 committee hearing to examine the findings and recommendations of the Wildland Fire Mitigation […]
Barrasso to Sec. Granholm: End Department’s Support for Communist China
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, outlining specific instances of DOE’s direct collaboration with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). These meetings featured offers of taxpayer-funded research and development by the U.S. government to […]
Manchin Announces $5.1M to Remediate, Reclaim Orphaned Oil and Gas Well Sites at Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Charleston, WV — Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced a $5,100,000 investment from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to plug, remediate and reclaim six orphaned oil and gas well sites in the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Williamstown, West Virginia. This funding is […]
Barrasso Applauds Nomination of Lindsay See to FERC
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Barrasso, M.D. (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced three nominations for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The nominees are Lindsay See, David Rosner, and Judy Chang. If confirmed by the Senate, they […]
Manchin Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Senate Leadership to Move Compacts of Free Association Forward
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Chair and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senate Armed Services Committee and a broad bipartisan group of prominent Senators, urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority […]