Key legislators cite federal laws that prohibit construction without congressional approval WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Subcommittee on National Parks, is leading a group […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, led a bicameral group of 50 lawmakers to sound the alarm over […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Electricity generated by water is clean, renewable, highly reliable, and once built, extremely cost-effective. In the United States, there are 181 federal hydroelectric projects, and 2,221 non-federal hydroelectric projects. These non-federal hydro-projects generate about […]
Aging aircraft & technology threaten NOAA’s airborne weather reconnaissance mission; Bill would codify NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter mission in federal law, authorize $2.5 billion for aircraft acquisition; Hurricane Hunter aircraft gather crucial data about atmospheric rivers, […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJune 18, 2026 Facebook’s parent company must pay the largest campaign finance fine in Washington state history, the state Supreme Court affirmed in a split decision Thursday. Meta urged the […]
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