Energy and Environment
Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.
April 22, 2024
As you know, the checkerboard ownership pattern of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forest lands in western Oregon is unique and creates approximately 14,000 miles of jurisdictional boundaries between federal, tribal, state, county, and private timberlands.
Issues:Energy and Environment
March 19, 2024
Bonamici: “It is critical now that we are implementing this legislation, we get it right this time and we make all of the opportunities available to those who historically have been left behind,” such as good-paying jobs in construction and other fields made available by federal spending on public works, carbon-free energy and semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research.
Issues:Energy and Environment
March 11, 2024
The bipartisan SOS 2.0 Act—which I worked on with the late Congressman Don Young and Senators Sullivan and Whitehouse—is the most comprehensive legislation Congress has ever passed to address the marine debris that threatens coastal ecosystems and communities.
Issues:Energy and Environment
March 6, 2024
The Community Project Funding process provides a powerful opportunity to highlight specific project needs in NW Oregon.
February 16, 2024
Wildfire is not uncommon in the West, but the climate crisis is causing longer and more dangerous wildfire seasons that put Oregon’s rural communities and agricultural economy at risk.
January 22, 2024
A robust and reliable electric vehicle charging network will ease the transition to EVs, which will reduce carbon emissions from our transportation system.
January 9, 2024
It’s exciting that Portland Public Schools and Beaverton School District students will be able to ride in clean school buses in the years to come because of funding from this program.
December 15, 2023
Marine debris threatens coastal communities, ecosystems, and marine life.
Issues:Energy and Environment
November 28, 2023
Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia events are occurring with increasing frequency, threatening the health of our marine and freshwater ecosystems and communities.
Issues:Energy and Environment
November 8, 2023
Updating the Weather Act provides an important opportunity to make our communities safer.