Jeff Bingaman

The Update Report on the NPS 1979 New Area Study, completed by NPS in December of 2009 at the request of Senators Bingaman and Tom Udall

Your leadership on this issue and this legislation will ensure that the United States controls its own destiny with radioisotope production.

I think we all agreed that such discussion would benefit from a better understanding of the facts involved.

It is our hope in this hearing to move away from rhetoric and to focus on the facts surrounding offshore oil and gas production and its impact on the environment.

It's my hope that as part of this hearing we can focus on the facts surrounding offshore oil and gas production and its impact on the environment.

Policy suggestions were made by Senator Dorgan and others about ways of addressing environmental concerns in this area.

I think it is very important that we strengthen that legislation.

S. 1442 would expand the opportunities for young men and women to become involved in work projects on public lands.

I think we have a great history in our country of young people doing good work on our public lands.

I think this shift away from Federal protection and oversight is problematic in the area of hazardous fuels reduction.

DTNA appreciates Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski for holding an important hearing on the role of natural gas in mitigating climate change.

S. 1759 and H.R. 3750 would interfere with fulfillment of a long-deferred federal trust responsibility owed to the Hoopa Valley Tribe.

So if we are locked into the road of cap and trade, then I implore you to construct a system that is simple and transparent.

I have been a forceful advocate over time for a carbon charge approach, as opposed to cap and trade.

I think it's important we try to have an understanding of this aspect of the cap and trade bill.

A key uncertainty is how the models handle the recession and recovery.

Addressing the issue of climate change will require major transformation of our energy sectors.

Have any of these models looked at the potential benefits for energy efficiency and what that would mean if there were an emphasis on energy efficiency as part of a policy change to address climate change?

Yes. The Energy Information Administration, in our analysis, also incorporated most of the provisions related to energy efficiency that were in the H.R. 2454, and they do provide a cost-effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions…

My State of New Hampshire is part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that is already involved in a program to address carbon reductions among our utilities.

Senator Jeff Bingaman and his staff stepped up to the plate. They came to our community and listened.

Thanks to the visionary leadership of Senators Bingaman and Udall, we are closer to an answer.

Senator Bingaman, through time consuming and thoughtful work found real compromise and balance.

The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act, introduced by New Mexico Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, will protect these areas.

We strongly believe in protection of the Organ Mountains and surrounding desert peaks.