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Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, is calling for the Fish and Wildlife Service to make "substantial investments in monarch conservation efforts" to protect the western monarch butterfly from extinction.
In a letter co-signed by Rep. Salud Carbajal and Senator Jeff Merkley and addressed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Principal Deputy Director Martha Williams, officials made their concern for the Central Coast's beloved butterflies clear.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) has reintroduced a bill that would grant bus manufacturers a tax credit for battery electric or hydrogen fuel-cell buses.
The Green Bus Tax Credit Act (H.R.583) would allow manufacturers to claim a 10 percent credit for zero-emission buses that:
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) reintroduced the California Central Coast Conversation Act. The bill establishes a moratorium on all new gas and oil leasing on federal public land on the Central Coast.
Rep. Panetta introduced the legislation for the first time in December 2019 in response to the Trump Administration's move to allow for new oil and gas leasing and development on over 720,000 acres of public land. The decision directly impacted land in Fresno, Monterey, and San Benito counties.
Over the past few years, a number of cities in Monterey County have enacted laws restricting the use and sale of single-use plastic items.
The FBI would no longer be able to purge incomplete gun background checks from its systems if legislation by Rep. Jimmy Panetta becomes law.
SALINAS, Calif. —
The brand new El Gabilan library in north Salinas is now open. The facility is at the same location where the old one once stood on North Main Street, which was founded in 1953. Nearly 70 years later, the new $20 million facility stands two stories tall, at nearly 21,000 square feet. Hundreds gathered at the grand opening Saturday afternoon, including city and local leaders.
"This is a step to the future. As we move forward with more housing, this will become a center focus point for our community," said Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter.
MARINA — Last month, Rob Nicely of Carmel Building and Design opened up a project he is currently constructing in Carmel Valley to help introduce the concept of Passive House to the region. On Thursday, the Monterey Bay Regional Climate Action Compact's meeting in Marina began to lay the foundation for entities in the area to come together to put the Passive House concept into action.
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR and Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Rodney Davis (R-IL-12), and Rob Woodall (R-GA-7) led the introduction Thursday of the Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat (MONARCH) Act.
This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would provide urgent protections for the struggling western monarch butterfly, a pollinator that is integral to supporting American agriculture and whose population has dropped by 99% since the 1980s.
SANTA CRUZ — Condemning a recent political show of force in the El Salvadoran government, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, fired off a letter of concern late last week, cosigned by 18 of his Congressional peers.
MONTEREY – Requiring big corporations to take responsibility for their pollution, the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act was introduced by Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico and Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, this week with Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, signed on as one of its co-sponsors.