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resources policy right represents what is best about our country Wise use of our treasured lands air and water so there are sustainable good paying jobs for our people and protections for the environment Without...make timber harvesting as ecologically friendly as possible Ironclad protections for clean drinking water wildlife and Oregon s salmon in this bill stem from the discussions that were held with many conservation...and watersheds We were able to have the good fortune of working with one of our region s foremost water resources expert Dr Gordon Reeves to establish the first ever legislative protections for O C streams...
national as well as local business owners to ensure that any agreed upon solution is balanced protects water resources and sensitive old growth habitat in western Oregon and promotes the regional economy O C...left rural communities in disarray timber production uncertain and protections of our clean drinking water and precious landscapes at the whim of federal courts It is time to find a solution to this decades...wild and scenic river These rivers are the bloodlines of Western Oregon providing clean drinking water to more than 1 8 million Oregonians in rural and urban communities and the habitat necessary to protect...
opposition to it from environmentalists who wanted to continue to use litigation under the Clean Water Act to impose new permitting requirements for forest roads on private lands I applaud Senator Wyden...
that reduce fuels in the home ignition zone ensure safe egress and ingress to a property identify water sources and make other specific recommendations to a property owner In Alaska interest in the Firewise...reduced risk and improved the safety profile for the crew conducting the operation they had access water and could see the advancing fire and each other in the shaded break as opposed to working in the dense...
also should give our Aegis BMD ships a homeland defense mission when they are near or in our coastal waters including while in port e g at Norfolk Virginia19 These BMD capabilities are technically available...power plants23 To assure the viability of the nuclear power plants we must first assure their cooling water systems are viable in an indefinite grid shutdown to avoid Fukushima like disasters We must assure...power source the Wylie Hydroelectric Power Plant to assure availability of electricity to the cooling water pumps at the Catawba Nuclear Power Plant if its diesel generator fuel is exhausted and can t be replaced...
such as the middle of the night water is pumped up to a higher elevation reservoir This upper reservoir stores the energy used to pump the water up to the reservoir That water remains there until demand for...for energy increases at which point the water is released back through the turbines to generate energy Pumped storage converts the potential energy of falling water into electricity that is deployed across...In addition the research capabilities at the Department of Energy should not be ignored The DOE s Water Power program needs continued funding Pumped storage R D support would fund activities such as the...
electricity by moving water between an upper and lower reservoir 2 Electric energy is converted to potential energy and stored in the form of water at an upper elevation Pumping the water uphill for temporary...temporary storage recharges the battery and during periods of high electricity demand the stored water is released back through the turbines and converted back to electricity like a conventional hydropower station...generated electricity is converted to potential energy when pumped uphill and stored in the form of water at an upper elevation reservoir where it later flows downhill to a lower reservoir through turbine...
in a state of emergency right now Our top priority is to make sure that local residents have food water medicine and shelter I have notified all members of this committee as well as the Appropriations Committee...
Creek Bridge experienced such heavy drainage that the water was unable to pass under the bridge and while looking for a new way through the water formed a new channel and undermined the road approach to...their counties Many communities were also highly dependent on these lands for grazing timber and water Rural public concern was growing about a the purpose of these lands and how they would be managed...three purposes 1 Improve and protect the forests in the Reserve 2 Secure favorable conditions of water flows 3 Furnish a continual supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United...
funding in multiple programs In the Office of Nuclear Energy we add a focus in the 20 million Light Water Reactor Sustainability program to research new technologies to address nuclear power plant cybersecurity...driven by the private sector While the Budget ends the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors CASL it increases funds for Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation NEAMS by 7 million...
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