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Western Senators Press Interior Department on Zinke’s Efforts to Dismantle Plans to Manage Sage Grouse Habitat, Mitigate Climate Change Impacts

February 7, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., today pressed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke about the agency’s recent efforts to dismantle land management plans to protect sage grouse habitat and mitigate climate change

Senators Merkley And Wyden Oppose Trump Off-Shore Drilling Plan

February 6, 2018

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is taking input on the Administration’s plan to open waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans to oil drilling.  Oregon Senator Ron Wyden says that would endanger the Oregon Coast’s environment, and fishing industry. “The lasting economic uncertainty and ultimate environmental degradation is not worth

Merkley, Senators: Any Tax Package Must Maintain Support for Electric Vehicles

February 6, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fourteen Senators, led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, today urged key tax negotiators to prioritize a long-term extension of tax credits for electric and alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure in an upcoming tax bill. In a letter to Democratic Leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and Ranking

Trump calls Democrats ‘treasonous’ for chilly State of the Union reception

February 5, 2018

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of being “un-American” and “treasonous” for their lack of applause during his State of the Union address last week when he spoke of rising wages and historically low African-American unemployment. “They would rather see Trump do badly than our country

White House to withdraw environmental pick’s nomination

February 4, 2018

(CNN)The White House plans to withdraw Kathleen Hartnett White’s nomination to head the Council on Environmental Quality, a White House official confirmed to CNN Saturday. The Washington Post first reported the plan to drop the nomination. CNN’s KFile reported Hartnett White, who would have overseen environmental and energy policies across the government, had

Senators Wyden, Merkley fight for national monument protections

February 2, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two Oregon lawmakers introduced legislation that aims to undermine the Trump administration’s recommendation that could lead to a smaller Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Past administrations have used the 1906 Antiquities Act to expand national monuments, notably the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, which was made larger by President Obama. It

Merkley, Wyden Join Introduction of New Legislation to Protect National Monuments from Trump Administration’s Attempts to Roll Back Protections

February 2, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that they have joined a group of 18 senators in introducing legislation to enhance protections for national monuments against the Trump administration’s unprecedented attacks on public lands. The America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the

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