Energy Archives - Senator Steve Daines

Daines Applauds President Trump’s Reversal of Biden Anti-Energy Rules Designed to Put Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant Out of Business

June 11, 2025

“The War on Made-in-Montana Energy is Coming to an End” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the following statement applauding President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin overturning two of Joe Biden’s mandates designed to punish Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant. By reversing the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule and the Clean Power Plan 2.0 (CCP 2.0), President Trump will ensure that Colstrip Power Plant in Montana’s Rosebud County will remain operational. “The war on Made-in-Montana energy is coming to an end. Rather than kow-tow to the demands of radical environmentalists, President Trump put Montana workers and families

Daines Secures Commitments from DOI Secretary Burgum to Support Montana Priorities

June 11, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Doug Burgum in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. Secretary Burgum committed to support a number of Montana priorities, including delisting the grizzly bear, supporting domestic energy production, and fighting for Daines’ “America the Beautiful” Act. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines and Burgum discussed the need to delist the grizzly bear: Daines: Secretary Burgum, it’s good to see you here today. I’m grateful for your leadership. You’ve made a lot of significant accomplishments delivered here over the first five, six months of your

Daines Secures Commitments from President Trump’s Assistant Secretary Nominees to Support Montana Energy, Land Management

April 30, 2025

Discusses Importance of Multiple Land Use, Milk River Project and Fort Belknap Water Compact Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines: I’m inspired that the BLM’s core principle is multiple use. That’s congressionally mandated in the Federal Land Management and Policy Act. However, under the Biden administration, the Bureau of Land Management implemented the so-called Conservation and Landscape Health Rule that subverted the agency’s multiple use management of public lands. At that time I heard a lot from my ranchers. I expressed deep concerns with this rule especially as it pertained to the impacts on livestock grazing on public lands. Livestock operations are

Daines, Sheehy, Downing, Zinke Urge President Trump to Continue Support for Stillwater Mine, Made-In-Montana Energy

April 29, 2025

Encourage Action to Protect Montana Mines Against Illegal Russian Dumping U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy, along with Congressmen Troy Downing (MT-02) and Ryan Zinke (MT-01) today sent a letter to President Trump thanking him for his support for Made-In-America energy and highlighting the importance of continued operation at Montana’s Sibanye-Stillwater Mine. “Montana is home to an abundance of critical minerals, notably in the Stillwater mining district. The Stillwater and East Boulder Mines, owned and operated by Sibanye-Stillwater, produce Platinum Group Metals and are the only primary producer of platinum and palladium in the United States. The company

Daines Applauds President Trump’s Action to Protect Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant

April 15, 2025

Executive Order Comes After Daines Urged EPA to Keep Plant Open U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today applauded President Trump’s executive order that keeps Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant open, prevents blackouts across the state, and supports Made-In-Montana energy. “With this executive order, President Trump delivered on a hallmark promise: to protect and unleash Made-In-America energy. The Colstrip Power Plant keeps the lights on for Montanans and provides jobs and revenue for the state. It’s refreshing to finally have an administration that puts the needs of our communities first, rather than pandering to woke environmentalists. I look forward to working with

Daines Bill to Keep Montana’s Bull Mountains Mine Open One Step Closer to Becoming Law

April 9, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that his bill to keep Montana’s Bull Mountains Mine open passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee with bipartisan support. Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “The Bull Mountains Mine near Roundup, Montana, is the lifeblood of Musselshell County, providing more than 250 jobs for hardworking Montanans and a massive boost to the local economy. I am glad to see my bill pass the ENR Committee and move one step closer to the President’s desk. I’ll always fight to support Made-In-Montana energy and protect Montana jobs,” said Daines. Background: Daines introduced S.362 in March 2025. It

Daines, Sheehy, Zinke, Downing Encourage Trump Administration to Reverse Biden Anti-Energy Policies and Support Montana Energy

April 1, 2025

Letter Urges Trump EPA to Support Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) as well as Congressmen Ryan Zinke (MT-01) and Troy Downing (MT-02) today sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging a two-year compliance exemption from harmful Biden-era energy policies to support the continued operation at Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant. If the Biden policies are not reversed, they will lead to increased compliance costs, which will be passed down to the consumer in the form of higher rates or even closure of the plant, which would lead to

Daines Applauds Trump Administration for Review of Biden’s Anti-Energy Policies, Encourages Support for Small Energy Producers

March 27, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today led a letter with nine of his Republican colleagues to Secretary Doug Burgum at the U.S. Department of the Interior urging the reversal of Biden-era regulations that dramatically increase the bonding requirements for oil and gas wells on federal lands. “We write to express our support of your review of former President Biden’s burdensome regulatory actions that will reduce American energy independence and raise costs for American families and small businesses. In Secretarial Order 3418 you direct your Assistant Secretaries to review the Bureau of Land Management’s April 2024 final rule “Fluid Mineral Leases and

Daines on Newsmax: Trump Supports Made-In-America Energy, Made-In-America Minerals

March 6, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Newsmax’s National Report, where he applauded President Trump’s commitment to support Made-In-America energy and explained the importance of his bipartisan bill to ban the import of critical minerals from Russia. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines explained how his bill will bolster American mining: Here’s the situation. There are very few places in the world you can mine palladium and platinum. It’s a critical material that goes into catalytic converters for the automobile industry and keeps our environment cleaner. And the issue is, the Russians are dumping their palladium at way below market prices, forcing mining

Daines Leads Republican Colleagues in Introducing Bills to Unleash American Energy

February 7, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines led a group of his Republican colleagues in introducing two bills to unleash American energy, promote America’s energy dominance and support rural communities. The “Supporting Made in America Energy Act” would support oil and gas development by requiring four annual onshore lease sales in top oil and gas producing states, two annual offshore leases sales in the Gulf and six offshore lease sales over ten years in Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The “Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act” would remove the 2 percent administration fee on federal oil and gas royalty payments to local communities. “Now that we have a President who supports

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