Energy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) testified before the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), during a hearing on the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019, which would allow the authorization of licensing for the storage of nuclear waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain facility.

“For over 30 years, the state of Nevada and local communities have rejected the misguided Yucca Mountain project on safety, public health, national security,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in a letter urging the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development to zero out funding for Yucca Mountain in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2020 spending bill.

“As you know, this ill-conceived and fiscally reckless project presents numerous unresolved health and safety concerns, which is why we have continued to stand with the State of Nevada in its firm opposition to the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development urging them include language in the Fiscal Year 2020 spending bill to block the Energy Department from transporting weapons-grade plutonium to the state of Nevada without the state’s knowledge and consent.

“This past fall, the Department of Energy (DOE) secretly shipped a half ton of weapons-grade plutonium...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that she helped introduce the Electric CARS Act of 2019, bicameral legislation that would fully extend the Electric Vehicle (EV) tax credit for 10 years and help develop critical alternative fuel charging infrastructure. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) are also leading the bill in Congress. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tina Smith...