Merkley Applauds New Steps to Limit Offshore Drilling in Atlantic and Arctic, Presses for Further Action to ‘Keep It in the Ground’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Interior released a new version of its five-year drilling plan that pulls back on proposed drilling off the Atlantic Coast and puts the Arctic off-limits through 2022. The new plan is the latest
Oregon lawmakers seek national clean energy goals
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer, all D-Ore.,introduced resolutions Thursday setting a national goal of producing more than 50 percent of America’s electricity from clean and carbon-free electricity sources by 2030 and calling for the enactment of new legislation to achieve
Oregon Lawmakers Introduce Resolutions Setting National Clean Energy Goals
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer today introduced resolutions in the Senate and House setting a national goal of producing more than 50 percent of America’s electricity from clean and carbon-free electricity sources by 2030 and calling for
Merkley Applauds Oregon Legislature’s Passage of Bill to End Coal Electricity, Boost Renewable Energy Standards in Oregon
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Oregon State Senate passed landmark legislation to end the usage of coal-powered electricity in the state and to increase the percentage of the state’s electricity generated from renewable power sources to 50% by 2040. The legislation, which
‘Keep it in the ground’ anti-drilling movement has some liftoff
WASHINGTON – The anti-fossil fuel movement – “Keep It in the Ground” – has been inching toward the mainstream as prominent Democratic politicians ramp up their commitment to combating climate change. The shift follows an intense and well-funded activist campaign that has mixed closed-door Washington meetings with petition drives during
Dem-sponsored bill would block federal fossil fuel development
A House Democrat on Thursday introduced a bill that would ban all future fossil fuel production on federal land. Rep. Jared Huffman’s (D-Calif.) Keep It In The Ground Act would block new leases to tap fossil fuel reserves on federal land and in federal waters in the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans,
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