A better solution would be to bring wind and solar funding in line with other activities on BLM land.
Creating a corps of agency staff whose sole responsibility is evaluating renewable energy applications should improve the efficiency.
H.R. 2662 would provide renewable energy with a benefit the oil and gas industry already enjoys.
we would respectfully request that you maintain within the new office a separate and adequately sized staff dedicated solely to reviewing an...
We would also suggest including legislation along the lines of H.R. 2662, introduced by Rep. Heinrich, to dedicate a portion of the fees pai...
Oil and gas activities generate, on a per acre basis, some 5-10 times the revenue as would be expected from wind or solar energy development...
Global climate change is one of the most consequential and difficult problems that we face in this Congress.
EPA projections have indicated that there will be a very limited supply of offsets coming from projects based in the U.S.
If there was a strong, meaningful, bipartisan, political coalition advancing a serious tax proposal it would garner a lot of steam.
Are there policy choices we can make to increase the supply of high-quality domestic offsets?
It requires that we find a way to reinvent our energy infrastructure.
Many members are currently absorbed by the health care debate, but it is important to continue to make progress on this issue as well.
We need to invest in our youth and provide them with the support they need.
I just wanted to briefly, Chairman Dorgan, say thank you again for focusing on this issue, and thank you for focusing our attention on youth...
I am strongly in favor of additional water development and believe that the project contemplated by this legislation will be a boon to the e...
Our water resources are precious in New Mexico. Without a reliable water supply, we cannot improve human health, protect our cultures and tr...
So if the settlement was adopted, would it protect non-Indian water users in the Valley?
I would echo your comments, both in terms of the appropriate use of eminent domain.