The Obama administration is now facing pressure from Democrats to be more open about a possible marine monument off New England.
Massachusetts Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Obama yesterday asking for more public input into the possible monument. The Conservation Law Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pew Charitable Trusts and other groups launched a… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Obama Administration’s proposed Arctic Rule and its potential impacts on offshore energy development to native Alaskans, the State of Alaska, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, and to our nation’s goal of energy security.
The hearing also focused on a recent study by the National Petroleum… Read more »
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) issued the following statement this evening on the Obama Administration’s release of its first Report on the Implementation of the National Ocean Policy:
“The Administration's ocean policy is similar to its approach to federal lands, particularly in the West, in that it champions new layers of federal bureaucracy… Read more »
Below is an exchange between exchange between Chairman Bishop and Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell.
MOUs?
Chairman Bishop: “Have the states…screwed up? Are the state [water] engineers incompetent? Is that what the Forest Service is trying to say?” Bishop asked
Chief Tidwell: “No...”
Lawsuits?
Chief Tidwell: “We can maybe… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following speech today at the University of Washington, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Symposium on the Magnuson-Stevens Act:
“Thank you for having me here today to discuss the Magnuson-Stevens Act and our current efforts in Congress to update and modernize the law.
I have the privilege of serving… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement today at the Conference Committee meeting on the Water Resources Reform & Development Act (WRRDA):
“Thank you Madam Chairman. I’m pleased to be here as we open this conference committee on this important legislation.
America’s water infrastructure is vital to our… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held its fourth oversight hearing of the 113th Congress on the “Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.” This hearing examined potential reforms needed to make sure the law benefits both fish and fishermen. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) is the primary statute… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved three bills to expand American offshore and onshore energy production in order to help create new American jobs, lower energy prices, generate new revenue, and make America more energy secure.
H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, was approved by the Committee by a vote of 23-18. This bill, by House Natural… Read more »
The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up:
Fuel Fix – Jennifer A. Dlouhy: “Offshore drilling proponents launch new push on Capitol Hill”
Oil and Gas Journal – Paula Dittrick: “API cites growing support for opening areas to offshore drilling”
Cape Cod Times – Mary Ann Bragg: “NOAA to make reduced ship speeds permanent”
Rapid… Read more »
Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC-03), House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Chairman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) today introduced H.R. 1613, the Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act. The bill would approve and implement the terms of the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon… Read more »
