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Chuck Schumer's Public Statements on Issue: Oil and Gas
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U.S. Senate (NY)
- Sr, Democratic Majority Leader
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09/17/2017
In Wake Of Harvey & Irma, Schumer Urges FTC To Launch A 'gouge Watch' To Prevent "sticky' Gas Prices From Not Going Down As Fast As They Went Up; Prices Shot Up Fast As Storms Moved In--they Must Move Down Just As Quickly As Supply Increases & Fear Abates
05/01/2017
Heitkamp Helps Secure Federal Funds in Congressional Spending Bill that could Help Reimburse ND for DAPL Law Enforcement Costs
11/16/2016
Schumer's Intervention Successfully Moves Feds to Take First Major Step Toward Requiring Oil Companies to Make Highly Flammable CRude Oil Less Volatile Before It Is Shipped Through NYs Communities
05/20/2016
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge FERC To Suspend Construction On Aim Pipeline Expansion Until Independent Health And Safety Studies Are Conducted
05/04/2015
Schumer Announces Legislation To Fix Major Shortcomings Of Recent Promulgated Fed Rule On Oil-By-Rail; Current Rule Takes 8 Years To Fully Phase Out Dangerous Oil Cars & Leaves Out Capital Region From Major Speed Protections; New Legislation To Fix These & Other Shortcomings
04/30/2015
Wyden, Schumer, Feinstein, Casey, Merkley, Brown, Warner Introduce Bill to Protect Communities from Oil Train Accidents
04/20/2015
Schumer, Blumenthal: Despite Recent Rail Crashes, Like Puyten Duyvil & Derailment Of Dangerous Oil Cars, Positive Train Control, Best Way To Prevent Dangerous Crashes, Has Not Yet Been Implemented; Senators Introduce Legislation Requiring PTC By 2018, For Both Passenger & Freight Trains Carrying Hazardous Oil Cars
04/09/2015
Schumer: With Only 1 Federal Railroad Inspector For All 3,000 Train Bridges In NYS, Which Are Now Carrying Dangerous Crude Oil Trains, Senator Calls For More Railroad Bridge Inspectors
03/26/2015
Schumer Leads Group Of Senators From Six Key States In Full-Court Press Urging Feds To Release Strongest Rul Possible, As Soon As Possible, To Toughen Tank Car Standards For Crude Oil Transportation By Rail
03/23/2015
Feinstein Supports Call for Crude-by-Rail Safety Investments
03/04/2015
Schumer: Bakken Crude Oil Shipped Through Upstate NY in Hundreds of Tank Cars Each Day is Far More Flammable & Dangerous Than Other Types - Senator Demands Fed Require Oil Companies to Make Highly Flammable Crude Oil Less Volatile Before it is Shipped Through NY Communities
02/19/2015
Schumer: Rail Cars Involved In West Virginia Crude Oil Explosion Would Not Have Met Proposed Federal Safety Standards - Senator Calls WVA Derailment A Shot Across The Bow And Calls For Federal DOT & OMB To Finalize Toughest Possible Rail Car Rules ASAP
01/08/2015
Schumer to Feds: Stick to Toughest Crude Oil Transport Regs Possible & Move Rulemaking Along Faster
12/17/2014
After Major Schumer Push, Feds Have Proposed Rules That Would Phase-Out and Retrofit These Dangerous Tank Cars, Reduce Train Speeds & More -- Regulations Currently Being Finalized By Fed DOT & About to Head to Fed Budget Office, Which Says It May Need Several Months To Finish Its Review & Make Final Rule Public
10/16/2014
Schumer Calls on Feds to Stay the Course on Planned Two-Year Phase-Out of Volatile, Crude-Oil Carrying DOT-111 Tank Cars
07/17/2014
After Schumer Push, Feds Have Proposed A Rule To Phase-Out or Retrofit These Dangerous Tank Cars, Currently Undergoing Review At Fed. Office of Management & Budget -- Schumer Calls on New OMB Director Donovan To Finish Review ASAP
05/02/2014
Schumer: Forward-Thinking Plan Takes Lessons From Sandy & Will Help Better Prepare for Future Storms
04/30/2014
Schumer: First Responders Should Not Be Left in the Dark about Hazardous Materials Traveling Through Their Community
02/26/2014
Schumer: Just Announced Rail Safety Deal Does not Go Far Enough in Protecting Upstate NY - Agreement Must be Amended so that Crude Oil Companies Phase out DOT 111 Cars and Consider Reduced Speeds in Highly Populated Areas
08/07/2013
Schumer Calls on Feds to Require Phase-Out Plan of DOT-111 Cars Carrying Oil Through Kingston - Quebec Derailment & Warnings from Safety Experts Show that Cars Must Be Taken Offline to Protect Ulster County Communities
08/06/2013
Schumer Announces Support of Repowering Dunkirk NRG Plant from Coal to Natural Gas - Urges PSC to Swiftly Approve Repowering Plan, Which is the Cleaner Energy Option, Protects Taxpayers, Creates Construction Jobs
09/11/2012
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Almost $2 Million Federal Clean Energy Investment to NFTA-Funding to Create Natural Gas Fueling Station
07/19/2012
Schumer: Scores of Vacant Gas Stations & Other Contaminated Sites can Cause Toxic Leaks & Are Unsafe for Hundreds of Upstate Communities - Senator Pushes for Extension of Expired Brownfields Tax Incentive to Spur Cleanup, Redevelopment
04/27/2012
Schumer: Fuel Cell Research is Key to A Clean Energy Future and This Is A Big Step To Preserve Groundbreaking Work at GM and Delphi
05/31/2011
Schumer Demands Immediate Investigation Into Price Fixing by U.S. Oil Refiners - Practice Could be Keeping Gas Prices at the Pump from Coming Down Faster in Buffalo
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