Addressing Climate Change and Building a Renewable Energy Future

Oregon’s congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, calling on him to unfreeze Environmental Protection Agency contracts and grants, while also asking the president to allow agency staff to speak with the media and respond to Congressional inquiries. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley signed the

 Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued a sharply critical statement Tuesday after President Trump signed an executive order the lawmaker said was designed to “ram through” the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. “The proposed Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines have inspired unprecedented grassroots opposition, and for good reason: They

Democrats don’t have the votes to stop Scott Pruitt’s confirmation, but they signaled at his hearing Wednesday that they will seek to damage him politically as much as possible. Pruitt was hammered for his record as Oklahoma’s attorney general, including his fundraising from fossil fuel companies and lawsuits against the

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) will not promise to recuse himself from lawsuits he brought against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) if confirmed as the agency’s administrator, he told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday. The admission came in a testy exchange with Sen. Edward Markey