9 Cool #’s to Know on Yucca Mountain
08.13.2019
WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan group of Congressional members recently visited Yucca Mountain, the location deep in the Nevada desert where scientists say is the safest place to store nuclear waste.
Last July, then-Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) also led a bipartisan delegation of Energy and Commerce Committee members to Yucca Mountain to learn firsthand about the repository and how it presents the best solution to America's nuclear waste problem.
In the 115th Congress, the House passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA), authored by Rep. John Shimkus,...
E&E: House Democrats have little to show on climate
08.05.2019
WASHINGTON, DC – The headline says it all. After nine months in the majority, all Democrats have to show on...
Walden Remarks at Hearing on “Building America’s Clean Future: Pathways to Decarbonize the Economy”
07.24.2019
WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on “Building America’s Clean Future: Pathways to Decarbonize the Economy.”
As Prepared for Delivery
Yesterday, our Majority leadership held a press conference to outline their plans for decarbonizing the United States by 2050. And today we are reviewing some potential paths to achieve this goal.
What decarbonization really means for consumers and workers in terms of policy prescriptions remains to be seen, but we should look very carefully...