Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), top Republican on the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and strong supporter of nuclear power, announced today that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has awarded Lake Michigan College $90,000 which includes funds for up to ten scholarships in nuclear job training. In 2008, Lake Michigan College launched its Energy Production Technology Program in partnership with the Cook Nuclear Plant in Bridgman and Palisades Power Plant in Covert, to train pro...
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Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), ranking Republican of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, made the following statement at this afternoon’s subcommittee hearing on “Combating the BP Oil Spill.” Upton’s full opening statement is provided: Chairman Markey, I appreciate you calling this important hearing today. We are all outraged and saddened by the disastrous oil spill in the gulf that left 11 dead and has spread untold barrels of oil into the sea. It is a very, ve...
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Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), top Republican of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality and co-chair of the American Energy Solutions Group, made the following statement is response to the unveiling of the Kerry-Lieberman cap-and-trade bill in the U.S. Senate. “Study after study has predicted cap-and-tax will result in skyrocketing energy bills and massive job losses and Kerry-Lieberman puts a bullseye squarely on the backs of working families who are already struggling to keep the lig...
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Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to express their concerns regarding cleanup of PCB contaminated sediments in the Kalamazoo River watershed. The letter inquires how the April 23, 2010, order approving the Lyondell Chemical Bankruptcy Settlement will impact the EPA’s cleanup plan. Last month, Levin, Stabenow and Upton expressed their concerns with the proposed settlement agreement for L...
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U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and U.S. Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) today expressed their deep concerns with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposed settlement for the Kalamazoo River Superfund site. The $162 million settlement negotiated between the DOJ and Lyondell falls well short of what is necessary to remove harmful PCBs from the Kalamazoo River and Allied Landfill. “I am committed to the full cleanup of the Kalamazoo River Superfund project, w...
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Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), ranking Republican of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, submitted the following statement at this morning’s subcommittee markup on the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act, and the Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act. Upton’s full opening statement is provided: Mr. Chairman, thank you for calling this important markup today. I am pleased to say that one of the b...
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Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, is urging U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu to preserve all scientific and technical research related to Yucca Mountain. In a letter sent today, Upton expressed concern with the Administration accelerating the project’s termination, fearing important documents and research gathered during the $10 billion, 28-year planning phase could be lost if proper arrangements are not made. “...
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Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) today reminded folks in southwest Michigan to set their clocks forward this weekend in observance of daylight saving time (DST). It was Upton’s bipartisan, energy-saving amendment, co-sponsored by Ed Markey (D-MA), that extended daylight saving by four weeks. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) affirmed that extending Daylight Saving Time (DST) for four weeks saves American families nearly $500 million and 2.9 million barrels of oil each year. “Between energ...
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