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Energy and Environment

Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.

January 20, 2021
Curbing greenhouse gas emissions to address the climate crisis has never been more urgent, and President Biden has committed to take bold action.

January 20, 2021
Today’s inauguration was a hopeful yet solemn occasion, displaying our nation’s resilience and commitment to democracy only two weeks after a violent attack on our Capitol.

January 5, 2021
Statements
The Trump Administration’s final rule to censor science at the Environmental Protection Agency is an unprecedented attack on science and our nation’s bedrock public health and environmental standards.
Issues:Energy and Environment

December 21, 2020
Our ocean holds tremendous potential to mitigate the climate crisis, but for too long the power of waves, tides, and currents has been an untapped clean energy resource.

December 21, 2020

The House version of the legislation followed a similar collaborative path and was introduced by Democrat Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon and Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska.


December 18, 2020
Across the globe, our widespread use of plastics is polluting our ocean and exacerbating the climate crisis.

December 14, 2020

As she starts her fifth full term from northwest Oregon's 1st District, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici says Congress has a lot of unfinished business. She says that business starts with a follow-up coronavirus aid plan to the $2.2 trillion CARES Act last spring — the House's Democratic majority has passed two plans, but nothing has advanced in the Republican-controlled Senate — and does not end there. During a Nov.


December 9, 2020
Statements
The climate crisis threatens our communities, our economy, and our planet.
Issues:Energy and Environment

December 3, 2020
The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the planet, but despite our intrinsic connection to our ocean we know very little about what is beneath its surface.

November 27, 2020

That's why I was excited to see bold new proposals for conserving our ocean and combating climate change in the Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act, introduced by Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, in the U.S. House recently, co-sponsored by Oregon's Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Rep. Earl Blumenauer. This bill proposes a bold agenda that will reorient America's relationship to our oceans, recognizing the important role our coastal waters play in our cultural imagination and in the life-support systems of our planet.