Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) to reauthorize and revise the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act became law on April 24 with President Joe Biden’s signature. “The passage of this bill represents a historic step forward Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) on April 25 denounced a federal plan to reestablish grizzly bears in the North Cascades Ecosystem, an area that includes most of his home state of Washington. “The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Read more…
The U.S. Senate on April 16 passed a bipartisan resolution cosponsored by U.S. Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), Todd Young (R-IN), and 61 of their colleagues to establish April 20-28 as National Park Week. “Montana is home to some of the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on April 18 unveiled a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would authorize $1 billion overall to help publicly owned water treatment works address per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and would Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) on April 11 unveiled a bipartisan bill to exempt water utilities from liability if they unintentionally release toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The congressman sponsored the Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act, H.R. 7944, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) joined 25 of his colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to quickly permit the nationwide summer sale of gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) fuel by extending the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Dave Joyce (R-OH) to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, which provides financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation Read more…
The U.S. Senate on April 10 voted 53-47 to approve a bipartisan joint resolution of disapproval cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) that aims to overturn the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measure final rule. “Today, Read more…
Four pieces of legislation led by U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) on Tuesday passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of a larger package the congressman also supported that would expand access to America’s public lands and waters and Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Monday led 44 of their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus curiae brief opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) so-called “Good Neighbor” rule, a plan that Read more…