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07.09.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a letter calling on the companies involved in the Pebble Limited Partnership to detail their proposed plans for development of…

07.09.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, met July 2 with wounded veterans and their spouses during a visit to Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park and Preserve as part…

07.03.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the Forest Service’s issuance of a memorandum on the transition to young growth that will provide direction to the Tongass:…

07.02.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed her condolences to the families of the 19 firefighters who died Sunday battling a wildfire near Prescott, Arizona: “The death of…

07.01.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the Forest Service’s announcement of the Big Thorne timber sale. “I welcome today’s announcement that the Big Thorne timber…

06.27.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the announcement that President Obama intends to nominate Mr. Ronald Binz to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and,…

06.25.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called on U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell to take immediate steps to reverse declining timber harvests and return the Tongass…

06.25.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech on climate:  “The central feature of the president’s climate agenda is…

06.20.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, joined together in a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to call upon her expertise and…

06.20.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded Senate passage of legislation honoring Alaskan Native Walter Harper, the first man to summit North America’s highest peak.   The…

06.19.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approval of legislation to complete the aboriginal land claims of the Sealaska Native Regional…

06.19.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commended her colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for helping advance legislation to officially restore the nation’s tallest…

06.18.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded her colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for advancing 12 energy and lands bills out of the…

06.18.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that the Department of the Interior is distributing $26.5 million to Alaskan communities in compensation for taxes that could not be…

06.18.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered a keynote address during the Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s annual conference. The conference focused on current and future challenges facing…

06.12.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered the keynote address at the Bipartisan Policy Center’s event, “The Geopolitical Impacts of the U.S. Tight Oil Boom: Implications for…

05.23.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voiced support for a state-based regulatory system of domestic natural gas production during a forum on the shale boom before the…

05.21.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke about the importance of timely review of export licenses and the need for regulatory certainty at a forum on natural…

05.17.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the Department of Energy’s approval of a license to Freeport LNG to export liquefied natural gas…

05.16.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved 26 public lands bills, including three pieces of legislation sponsored by the committee’s ranking Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski,…

05.16.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed her support for the nomination of Dr. Ernest Moniz to be the next Secretary of the Department of Energy. The…

05.16.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the release of the updated draft rule for hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas wells…

05.08.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to calls from U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released a draft plan for the cleanup of decades-old exploration…

05.08.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commended her Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee colleagues for working together to advance energy legislation. The committee voted to move…

05.07.13

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today gave the following remarks during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Helium Stewardship Act of 2013: (click picture…