Sen. Van Hollen Joins Sen. Merkley, Rep. Huffman to Get Federal Government Out of Fossil Fuel Business
April 15, 2021
April 15, 2021
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021:
Maryland's U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and a group of 20 lawmakers in introducing the Keep It in the Ground Act--urgent legislation to stop new fossil fuel leases and put an end to nonproducing leases for extraction of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, and tar sands extraction on public lan . . .
Maryland's U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and a group of 20 lawmakers in introducing the Keep It in the Ground Act--urgent legislation to stop new fossil fuel leases and put an end to nonproducing leases for extraction of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, and tar sands extraction on public lan . . .