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Energy and Environment

Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.

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.


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.


November 19, 2020

Maue and Legates's involvement has prompted concerns they may seek to recruit like-minded scientists to draft the report, which typically paints a dire picture of the climate-related challenges facing the U.S. "We cannot stand by and tolerate the suppression, censorship, and manipulation of climate science," lawmakers wrote in the letter spearheaded by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.).


November 19, 2020

House Democrats, led by Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Chair Kathy Castor (Fla.), Natural Resources Chair Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.), and Reps. Don Beyer (Va.) and Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.), made clear their opposition to any attempts by the Trump administration to derail the fifth National Climate Assessment, amid several staffing moves in recent weeks atop the U.S.