“Sunlight is the best disinfectant. It is critical that the American people know that their elected leaders are putting the public first—not looking for ways to line their own pockets,” said co-sponsor Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would ban stock trading by federal officials including […]
“Our Founding Fathers intended for lifetime appointments to ensure impartiality,” said Rep. Ro Khanna. “The decision today demonstrates how justices have become partisan and out of step with the American public.” Condemning the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court as corrupt and “heavily politicized,” U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna and Don Beyer on Friday reintroduced legislation to […]
Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced legislation to reauthorize the Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP), a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiative providing no-interest loans to rural utilities to help communities access cost-effective energy upgrades for homes and businesses. With support from RESP, rural utilities can finance projects to electrify household […]
(Anchorage) – Tuesday Governor Mike Dunleavy signed SB 48 into law during the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference. SB 48, which Governor Dunleavy introduced earlier this year, gives the State of Alaska authority to develop carbon management projects on state lands and sell carbon offset credits and to lease state lands for carbon management purposes. […]