Energy and Environment
Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it would be releasing $250,000 (five $50,000 grants) to Oregon and the four other Pacific Coast states seeing a substantial increase in marine debris because of the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) led a bipartisan group of 28 Pacific Coast Members of Congress today asking the U.S. Coast Guard to clarify its role in managing debris from the tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011. The Members—representing districts in Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories in the Pacific—asked Admiral Robert J.
Portland, Ore.—Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) called on local, state, and federal partners and other stakeholders to coordinate and streamline efforts to clean debris from the 2011 Japan tsunami from Oregon’s beaches and coastal waters. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned that significant accumulations of debris may wash up on U.S.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici was appointed to two Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives; the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Science, Space and Technology.