Energy and Environment
Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.
September 24, 2020
The acidic ocean and devastating wildfires demonstrate that the climate crisis is real in Oregon, as it is across the country and around the planet.
Issues:Energy and Environment
September 22, 2020
These resources would help the state respond to more than 3,800 homes and structures that have already been destroyed by the wildfires. Funding would support an inventory of the damage, the creation of staging areas for response, and plans for disposing any hazardous materials.
Issues:Energy and Environment
September 22, 2020
Increasingly frequent and severe wildfires, as well as lengthening wildfire seasons, are erasing decades of air quality improvements in many areas of the country.
Issues:Energy and Environment
September 22, 2020
With several large fires still burning across the state, the full scale of damage will not be known for several weeks. What we do know is that thousands of families have lost their homes and will be in need of transitional housing and longer term relief.
September 19, 2020
Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici stopped in Washington County Saturday afternoon to thank firefighters for their efforts in battling the Chehalem Mountain Fire.
She met with crews from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue and heard from firefighters about what they needed to finish putting out hotspots from the wildfire.
September 16, 2020
COVID-19 has strained budgets at every level, leaving our cities, counties, and state with few resources to respond to the most devastating fires we've seen in decades.
September 16, 2020
Smoke is making it hazardous to breathe in Oregon – a threat that is severely compounded by the pandemic.
September 16, 2020
Walden joined U.S. senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and fellow U.S representatives Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici in a statement Wednesday morning announcing the disaster declaration.
Issues:Energy and Environment
September 16, 2020
The multiple wildfires in Oregon have already devastated many families and communities, leaving them without the support and resources they need to survive and begin to recover.
Issues:Energy and Environment
September 15, 2020
The devastating wildfires burning in our congressional districts and across Oregon have destroyed the homes of hundreds, if not thousands, of Oregonians and many more have been displaced.