Oregon’s ports, waterways, and coastal, fishing, and tribal communities could receive millions of dollars in federal funding under U.S. Senate Appropriations bills, according to Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley. Merkley said the funding bills make significant, targeted investments in small ports and shipyards, boost Pacific salmon and steelhead recovery, and
At Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley’s invitation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan visited Oregon on Thursday, Aug. 11, to see first-hand how communities in the state are handling climate chaos. Along with Oregon’s U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Senator Merkley and Administrator Regan
PORTLAND, Ore. — Congress passed a sweeping, $750 billion health care, tax and climate bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act this week, but the Senate vote on Sunday came only after an exhausting 16-hour marathon session. Under the bizarre rules of a Senate process known as “vote-a-rama,” Senators can offer amendments
Oregon’s U.S. Senate delegation announced last week that it secured $2 million for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office as part of 2023 appropriations bill funding for 111 “community-initiated projects” in Oregon. The bills, which still must go through the appropriations process for resolution with U.S. House proposals, would fund 14
Top Oregon officials say the proposed federal Inflation Reduction Act would invest billions of dollars to create clean energy and green infrastructure projects that would help low-income residents and communities of color adapt to climate change. On Wednesday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan along with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s chief announced a $79 million investment in an effort to protect and restore the Columbia River Basin with funding from President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law during an event in Portland on Wednesday. The funding will give the EPA “the ability
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Oregon U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown visited the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University on Tuesday afternoon, with Granholm touting wave energy as “the elixir that we need” to address climate change by ending the nation’s
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan and the current US Secretary of Energy, got behind the wheel of an all-electric semi during her tour of Oregon’s clean energy hub. Granholm stopped at the Daimler Trucks North American headquarters on Swan Island in North Portland Tuesday
Governor Kate Brown, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley toured Oregon State University’s wave research center to learn about the role OSU students will play in the fight against climate change. The visit to Corvallis comes two days after Senate Democrats passed the Inflation
WILSONVILLE, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ESS Inc. (NYSE: GWH), a leading manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, today hosted Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Oregon Governor Kate Brown for a
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