Climate Change and the Environment

Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would move the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture to Kansas City: “Once again, the Trump administration is toying with the lives of hardworking civil servants. Secretary Perdue’s decision to relocate the Economic Research Service and… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), and Anthony Brown (D-MD) today introduced the Securing Energy for our Armed Forces Using Engineering Leadership (SEA FUEL) Act, which would direct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to invest in carbon capture technology. “We have an opportunity to address both carbon emissions and military readiness with the… Read more »

Today, the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force expressed support for the House passage of H.R. 1921 – the Ocean Acidification Innovation Act (Rep. Kilmer), H.R. 1237 – the COAST Research Act (Rep. Bonamici), and H.R. 1716 – the Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act (Rep. Pingree). These pieces of legislation expand research and innovation to understand and address ocean… Read more »

Today, ahead of Endangered Species Day on May 17, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced the bipartisan Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 to begin reversing the tide of habitat loss and fragmentation for America’s fish, wildlife, and plant species – a major factor in species decline and… Read more »

Today Rep. Beyer issued the following statement on the report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) outlining wasteful spending on travel by disgraced former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: “The OIG investigation confirms the warnings that I and others made at the time about Scott Pruitt’s gross abuse of his official position. Pruitt… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer today led 68 bipartisan Members in a letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt urging him to withdraw a politically motivated proposal to delist gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act. The Members voiced concerns over the science underlying the proposal and highlighted that while gray wolves have made strides in the recovery process, populations continue to… Read more »

Today, Congressional Safe Climate Caucus co-chairs Reps. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement after the Arctic Council failed to issue its final declaration because the United States refused to mention climate change: “Just last week, the House of Representatives passed, on a bipartisan basis, legislation to ensure we honor our commitment to the… Read more »

WyoFile |  An influential cattlemen’s group is trying to rescind a U.S. Interior Department big game migration route protection order that brought $3.2 million to Wyoming in the last three months. The 121-year-old National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says stockmen and women haven’t been considered in the program spawned by former Secretary of the Interior Ryan… Read more »

EOS |  The U.S. House of Representatives today (2 May) approved legislation that directs President Donald Trump to honor the nation’s commitments under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, despite Trump’s earlier pledge to withdraw the United States from the accord. The Climate Action Now Act, formally known as House Resolution 9, requires the administration to… Read more »

Today, Congressional Safe Climate Caucus co-chairs Reps. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act: “The House of Representatives just sent a clear message to the White House and the rest of the world: we are still in the fight against climate change. “Today, we are… Read more »