Energy and Environment
Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.
Each member of Congress can submit up to 10 community project funding requests for consideration. Rep. Earl Blumenauer joined Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici in advocating for $2.67 million in funding for the Multnomah County Behavioral Health Resource Center, among other projects.
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representatives Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici wrote that the U.S. Forest Service's climate plan and 10-year wildfire strategy of hazardous fuel treatments and prescribed fire to reduce wildfire risks also must recognize the climate crisis and expand to include plans for mature and old-growth forests.
The Department of Energy and Oregon State entered into a partnership in 2016 to build the PacWave South facility for exploring how to harness the carbon-free wave energy created from wind blowing over the surface of the sea. PacWave South, prepermitted by the DOE, is designed to alleviate the challenges associated with testing technologies in the open ocean.
"PacWave in Oregon is at the forefront of wave energy, thanks in large part to the visionary researchers at Oregon State University," U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici said.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) introduced legislation to create a Department of Energy Office of Advanced Clean Energy Technologies to designate and oversee regional partnerships, called Regional Energy Innovation and Development Institutes, to work on local clean energy initiatives.