Natural Resources

U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced the Conservation and Innovative Climate Partnership Act of 2023, a bipartisan and bicameral bill that would enable partnerships between land-grant institutions and local farmers to increase voluntary conservation and innovative climate practices. Companion legislation was also introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sens. Todd Young […]

In a recent op-ed posted in RealClear Energy CRES President Heather Reams highlighted her trip to Anchorage, Alaska, where CRES Forum sponsored the 2023 Arctic Encounter Symposium, the largest gathering of domestic and international leaders with a focus on policies impacting the Arctic Circle. CRES President Heather Reams and VP of External Affairs Christine Harbin […]

WASHINGTON—Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) President Heather Reams applauded the U.S. House of Representatives bipartisan passage of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, which was introduced by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) with Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Transportation and […]

In an op-ed posted in RealClear Energy, CRES President Heather Reams described H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act, as a win for American clean energy and national security.   Over the last few decades, the United States government has unfortunately served as a roadblock to American energy leadership. Fortunately, the Lower Energy Costs Act represents the most meaningful federal permitting reform […]

In a recent Clean Energy Insider newsletter, CRES President Heather Reams highlighted the need for continued American energy leadership—not only to invigorate our economy and create good-paying jobs, but also as a vehicle to decrease our reliance on foreign countries and export our clean energy technologies to our allies.   “U.S. House Natural Resources Oversight & […]

WASHINGTON, December 23, 2022—Heather Reams, president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), today released the following statement in response to the passage of key legislation championed by CRES—the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA) and the Sponsoring USDA Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions (SUSTAINS) Act—to support America’s agriculture sector, as well as […]

Heather Reams, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) president, provided the following statement after the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture passed the Sponsoring USDA Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions (SUSTAINS) Act (H.R. 2606) and the Producing Responsible Energy and Conservation Incentives and Solutions for the Environment (PRECISE) Act (H.R. 2518) with bipartisan support: “CRES congratulates House Agriculture Committee Republican […]

Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) and the Conservative Energy Network (CEN) announced that beginning today, more than three dozen business leaders, farmers, state officials, and others from across the country will participate in a three-day series of more than 60 meetings with Republican leaders in U.S. Congress to advocate for greater investment in clean […]

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2021 –  Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) today unveiled a six-figure advertising campaign thanking the U.S. Senate for passing the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA) by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 92-8 and urged the U.S. House of Representatives to quickly follow suit. “The Growing Climate Solutions Act sets up a new way for farmers to harvest […]

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2021 –  Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) today applauded the U.S. Senate passage of the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA) by a vote of 92 to 8. The bipartisan legislation was originally sponsored by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). In response to today’s passage of the […]