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Video: Cypress Creek Informational Meeting regarding the proposed Carriger Solar Project in Klickitat County
Goldendale Cypress Creek Informational Meeting regarding the proposed Carriger Solar Project in Klickitat County.
Month: August 2021
NW Representation
Merkley, Wyden Announce Nearly $35 Million in Federal Grants Headed to Oregon to Support Wildfire Recovery Efforts
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that nearly $35 million in federal grant funding is headed to Marion, Jackson, Lane, Lincoln, and Douglas counties to help cover the […]
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Cantwell Statement on Review of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling
Interior Department restarts environmental review of flawed Arctic oil and gas leasing program. Cantwell on previous Arctic Refuge lease sale: “the Trump administration spent more on preparing for the failed lease than what they raised.” […]
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Wyden Urges Labor Department to Establish Federal Heat Standard to Protect Workers
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today demanded the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) take action to establish a federal heat stress standard to protect workers exposed to excessive heat. “With the increasing prevalence of extreme weather conditions […]
Oddities
Tanks but no tanks! German fined for WWII weapons arsenal
BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted an 84-year-old man of illegal weapons possession for having a personal arsenal that included a tank, a flak cannon and multiple other items of World War II-era […]