Energy and Environment

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Congressman Mark Amodei joined the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus. The Caucus is the first of its kind to bring together Democrats and Republicans to discuss climate issues.

Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, Governor Kate Brown and Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici released the following statement today calling for a temporary halt to oil train traffic in Columbia River Gorge in light of last Friday’s derailment of a Union Pacific oil train in Mosier, OR.

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici successfully added an amendment to increase funding for water power technology to the Department of Energy’s funding bill.