State and county transportation agencies will receive more than 55 million in federal money to buy clean energy buses and improve bus facilities It s part of 1 66 billion invested nationwide in bus fleets and facilities The funds co...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced Hawai i will receive more than 55 million in new federal funding for new electric public transit buses across the state The new money allocated by U S Department of Transportation DOT f...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission FTC announced it is seeking public comment on the harms stemming from commercial surveillance and whether new rules are needed to ...

The climate package that passed the Senate over the weekend was decades in the making From the collapse of the Clinton administration s energy tax proposal in 1994 to the Senate s rejection of the Kyoto Protocol 25 years ago lawmakers have fail...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee today announced that Kaua i and Maui will be receiving nearly 50 million in combined grant funding from the U S Department of Transportation DOT Th...

For decades it has been virtually impossible to pass major climate legislation through the Senate That finally changed on Sunday when Senate Democrats passed their ambitious climate and tax package a crucial step in a grueling journey to deliver the la...

Kauai and Maui will soon see a total of nearly 50 million in federal grant funding for infrastructure improvements congressional officials announced Monday The funding which comes from the United States Department of Transportation was awa...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act the largest climate action ever taken by the United States This is a historic victory for the United States and the planet We have met the ambi...

Massachusetts Sen Ed Markey still remembers the raw anger he felt after the 2009 climate bill bearing his name failed to advance in a Democrat controlled Senate I was full of rage that the climate crisis was not going to ...

The United States Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday Aug 7 According to the U S Senate this is the largest climate action ever taken by the United States Sen Schatz said By investi...