WASHINGTON – In response to President Trump’s executive orders removing protections and moving to reopen risky offshore drilling, Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday reintroduced the Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, a major piece of legislation to permanently protect the Arctic from offshore drilling. The legislation would prevent any new or
A climate change bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Thursday is a very important step in the right direction, according to Douglas County Global Warming Coalition board member Stuart Liebowitz. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, held a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol Thursday on the “100 by
Washington, D.C. – Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined their Senate colleagues today in calling on the Trump administration to protect the coastlines of the United States from offshore oil drilling. The senators sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke urging him not to revise
WASHINGTON – Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced landmark climate legislation Thursday that would transition the United States to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by no later than 2050. The “100 by ’50 Act” lays
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced today that they have introduced a bipartisan Senate Resolution expressing support for the National Sea Grant College Program. The Senators highlighted the importance of the program to improving the health of coastal ecosystems and sustaining fisheries, and
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined more than 30 U.S. Senators today to introduce legislation that would rescind President Trump’s Executive Order, signed yesterday, that aims to reverse several landmark U.S. initiatives to combat climate change. “Climate change is causing great destruction to
Major Oregon politicians rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order Tuesday to roll back U.S. efforts to combat climate change. Gov. Kate Brown joined with the governors of Washington and California — and mayors of five major West Coast cities, including Portland’s Ted Wheeler — in a press release denouncing Trump’s executive order,
SALEM, Ore. – A group of West Coast governors and mayors, and Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley took stands Tuesday in opposition to President Trump’s executive order aimed at putting American jobs ahead of what the president called overly burdensome federal environmental regulations. Gov. Kate Brown released the
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of Senators led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced today that they will re-introduce the Keep It in the Ground Act in response to President Trump’s Executive Order lifting the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management’s moratorium on federal coal leasing. Merkley was joined by
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the State Department granted a permit for the completion of the Keystone XL Pipeline: “The State Department’s decision to approve Keystone XL is an unacceptable assault on anyone who cares about clean water and a livable planet. Here’s what
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