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June 4, 2019

Mallows Bay-Potomac River Proposed New Marine Sanctuary One Step Closer To Designation

The first new National Marine Sanctuary in many years, which will be the closest one to the nation’s Capitol, took another important step toward final approval last Friday when the final Environmental Impact Statement for the sanctuary was published in the...

April 26, 2019

Exclusive Interview with House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva

Since Democrats have taken back the House of Representatives, climate change and conservation are finally back on the agenda in Congress. As our last interview of Earth Week, we wanted to chat with the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Raúl...

February 7, 2019

First House hearings on climate in nearly a decade dive right into the issues

Republicans can no longer claim that climate change doesn't exist because communities across the country are living its negative impacts everyday. That's why @NRDems are holding the first climate change hearing in 8 years and preparing to take bold action....

January 8, 2019

Climate change back on the agenda in Washington

The new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives was sworn in last week and they’ve already set an agenda for hearings addressing climate change. Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) as well as Chairman of the...

Stories tagged "Natural Resources"

Mallows Bay-Potomac River Proposed New Marine Sanctuary One Step Closer To Designation

Exclusive Interview with House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva

First House hearings on climate in nearly a decade dive right into the issues

Climate change back on the agenda in Washington