The Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton is receiving almost $5 million in federal funds to reconfigure a runway. The $4.96 million is part of the $17.5 million in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program for crucial safety improvements to runways in small airports in Oregon, U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden announced Wednesday plans to use executive power to address climate change because he says Congress is not taking action. He stopped short of a formal emergency declaration, something Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and a handful of other Democrats are asking for. “And if folks want to understand
EUGENE, Ore. – Several senators sent a letter to the President, urging the administration to declare a climate emergency. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley was one of the leaders trying to persuade the president to take this action, with the senators stating that a national emergency is not something to take lightly.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that climate change is a national emergency, but declined to use his executive authority to formally recognize it as one. During a visit to a former coal plant in Massachusetts, Biden said climate change is “a clear and present danger. The health of our citizens and
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Monday called on President Biden to use “the full powers of the executive branch” on climate, following Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) declaration that he would not back climate spending in a reconciliation bill. Speaking to reporters at the Capitol on Monday, Merkley called on Biden to explore options ranging
Two U.S. Senate Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Monday to declare a climate emergency and use the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of a wide range of renewable energy products and systems including solar panels. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jeff Merkley, speaking days after an effort to
Democratic lawmakers today are renewing calls for federal agencies to force cryptocurrency mining firms to disclose their emissions and energy use, after an investigation revealed that major firms in the United States are using power on par with major cities. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and California Rep. Jared Huffman disclosed
Abill now before Congress “radically reimagines” the treatment of children in federal immigration custody, prioritizing more hasty family reunification for those seeking refuge in the U.S. The Children’s Safe Welcome Act was introduced July 13 by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) also aims to better regulate the unregulated emergency shelters where migrant children and unaccompanied
President Joe Biden has nominated Oregon Supreme Court Justice Adrienne C. Nelson to serve as a federal judge. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Nelson, 55, would be the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. District Court for Oregon. Gov. Kate Brown appointed Nelson to be an associate justice on
Data shows 41% of office staff identified as non-white Highest percentage since Democrats began collecting data Senate Democrats’ staff are more diverse than they have been at any time since Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took the reins of the caucus. According to new data compiled by the caucus, 41% of senators’ personal
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