U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) last week introduced the bipartisan Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act, which would direct federal agencies to reduce energy consumption in facilities by 2.5 percent each year through 2030 and reduce water consumption 54 percent by 2030. “Buildings in the U.S. account for 40 percent of the country’s energy use, and considering the federal government has the largest real estate holdings nationwide, we should be doing everything we can to improve it... Read more

Today, Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced legislation to formally authorize the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). Read more

Bipartisan, bicameral legislation offered by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) that would slap sanctions on any vessels involved in constructing Russian energy export pipelines has been included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020. Rep. Kinzinger in June sponsored the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019, H.R. 3206, which his office said would namely sanction vessels associated with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a multinational project to transport natura... Read more

A local lawmaker’s legislation will punish Russian attempts to undermine the Ukrainian Economy. Congressman Adam Kinzinger recently applauded the agreement reached by the House and Senate on the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes legislation authored by Kinzinger that imposes sanctions to counter Russian efforts to complete the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline. Lawmakers believe that completion of the Pipeline will allow Gazprom, Russia’s gas-export monopoly, to entirely b... Read more

Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) voted in favor of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets the annual budget for the Department of Defense. Read more

NIU chemistry and biochemistry professor Tao Xu presented his research team’s work on clean energy technologies during the Energy & Environment Innovation Showcase, held Monday, Dec. 9, in Washington, D.C. Recognized internationally for his work, Xu’s nanotechnology research pursues basic science understanding of charge and atom transfer processes at the interfaces of various energy systems, including solar cells, catalysts and sensors. The showcase was attended by members of Congress and their ... Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Denny Heck (D-WA) applauded the agreement reached by the House and Senate on the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes legislation that imposes sanctions to counter Russian efforts to construct and/or complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. This critical legislative measure was authored and introduced by Rep. Kinzinger and co-sponsored by Reps. Heck and Greg Pence (R-IN). On the inclusion of their energy secur... Read more

U.S. House of Representative members on October 31 introduced a bipartisan resolution to support energy independence in Central and Eastern Europe a day after Russia moved a step closer to completing a new gas pipeline to Germany. Read more

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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to increase energy efficiency at government data centers. U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, and U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-California, introduced the measure. The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, H.R. 1420, directs federal agencies to harness best practices and energy-saving technologies to reduce energy use within the federal government’s data centers. “The importance of data centers in the everyday lives of... Read more