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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | Ranking Member
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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue Climate Change is Real, Trump's EPA wonât protect you.
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EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/epa-reverses-endangerment-climate-change-finding-rcna258452
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The Trump EPA has fully abandoned its duty to protect the American people from greenhouse gas pollution and climate change. The only winners today are Trumpâs fossil fuel megadonors.
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Trump Administration Erases the Governmentâs Power to Fight Climate Change
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/climate/trump-epa-greenhouse-gases-climate-change.html
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Cutting methane is a no brainer. Trumpâs bullying of the EU will hurt American companies, waste gas, and increase air pollution.
@whitehouse.senate.gov
and
@repscottpeters.bsky.social
led 24 Members of Congress in urging the EU to resist Trump's attacks and uphold its methane standards.
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To meet the challenges of the 21st century, we must repair and replace outdated infrastructure while ALSO maintaining and updating our cybersecurity capabilities. This is not an either or.
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Addressing cybersecurity threats to our nationâs water systems
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/o4Pp8aNcxcc?feature=share
15 days ago
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16 days ago
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Trump did a hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center, installed loyalists to bless his power grab, and illegally named the building after himself. Now, amid a wave of boycotts and declining sales, he is trying to shutter the Center. Ranking Member
@whitehouse.senate.gov
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Experts agreeâthere is no permitting reform without project certainty.
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20 days ago
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The Senate could be working on bipartisan legislation to bring more clean, affordable energy to the grid. The Trump Administration doesnât want it.
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21 days ago
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Any deal to pass permitting reform needs certainty that laws will be faithfully executed. What good is it if any project can be struck down by a lawless and vindictive executive branch?
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Trumpâs lawlessness halts permitting reform in the Senate. No certainty, no reform.
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/mBHXVqzIKLs?feature=share
22 days ago
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More Trump fossil fuel corruption is brewing.
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about 1 month ago
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Big Oil is fueling the climate crisis, and theyâve known for nearly 60 years. Theyâve been burying the truth and spreading disinformation to make a profit.
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about 1 month ago
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@whitehouse.senate.gov
pushed the Senate to affirm that climate change is not a hoax. Shocking no one, a Republican objected.
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about 1 month ago
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This is the same EPA that believes your life isn't as valuable as Big Oil's business.
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about 1 month ago
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The world is round. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The climate is changing, and human-caused fossil fuel emissions are the primary cause. These are facts, but Republicans still wonât say itâanything for Big Oil.
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Republicans still wonât say it: climate change is real
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtu.be/-fq45Vy-L9s
about 1 month ago
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The Senate is ready to work on bipartisan permitting reform. Trump isnât.
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about 1 month ago
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Remember when the EPA protected our health? Not anymore. Zeldinâs legacy will be one of sickness, death, and more pollution.
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html
about 1 month ago
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Elizabeth Warren
about 1 month ago
Oil companies shouldn't know more about Donald Trump's plans in Venezuela than the American people. I launched an investigation with
@whitehouse.senate.gov
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This polluter-driven stoogery shows the full extent of creepy pollutersâ control over the Trump Administration.
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Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations
Experts decry move to leave UNFCCC as âembarrassingâ as president orders withdrawal from 66 international groups
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/07/trump-international-groups-un
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The Trump Administration will stop at nothing to help Big Oil. Thereâs no point in passing a bipartisan permitting bill if this corrupt Administration wonât faithfully execute the laws.
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about 1 month ago
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Despite the Trump Administrationâs lies, wind and solar are some of the cheapest energy sources.
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about 1 month ago
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BREAKING: Senate Dems are investigating Trumpâs dealings with US fossil fuel companies surrounding the Venezuelan military actions. We want to know: - When they knew - Their communications with the Trump Admin - What the Trump Admin has promised them
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Democrats Seek Answers About Oil Industryâs Knowledge of Venezuela Operation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/climate/democrats-oil-companies-venezuela.html
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NEW:
@whitehouse.senate.gov
and
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
file an amicus brief to defend New York's right to hold polluters accountable. While the Senators fight to protect families, big polluters and their enablers fight to protect profits.
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Trump administration wants New York's Climate Change Superfund struck down
The law would create a fund to collect $75 billion from the biggest polluters over 25 years.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2025/09/03/trump-administration-targets-superfund-act
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introduced 16 resolutions to formally acknowledge the harms of climate change and toxic air pollution. An industry corruptly denying the dangers doesnât change the science. Itâs a choice between truth and falsehood, and we want to put the Senate on record.
about 2 months ago
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Trump admits âcoal needs a little public relations help.â Itâs that pesky black lung disease ruining coal's image! It's polluting, toxic coal for Christmasâcourtesy of Trump!
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about 2 months ago
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Trumpâs assault on clean energy sinks permitting reform. There is no path to a bill if this administration refuses to follow the law. Trump will own higher electricity prices, aging infrastructure, & loss of U.S. competitiveness.
@whitehouse.senate.gov
&
@heinrich.senate.gov
's statement:
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Statement from Kennedy Center ex-officio board members on Trumpâs illegal effort to rename arts institution:
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Imagine taking a voice vote with everyone's mics muted and no option to unmute. That's what Trump did in his attempt to illegally slap his name on yet another public building.
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Add skyrocketing home insurance premiums to the many ways Trump is making life unaffordable for American families.
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More pollution and sicker Americans. It's coal for Christmas! Instead of building affordable clean energy to meet skyrocketing energy demand, Trump has weakened pollution safeguards and accelerated the burning of coal.
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Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI.
Data centersâ hunger for electricity is prompting some states to keep their coal-burning power plants from closing â while DC relaxes air pollution limits.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/27/ai-gives-coal-plants-a-lifeline-as-trump-makes-them-dirtier-00661839
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Trump and Republicans refuse to address climate change, and homeowners' insurance skyrockets. Families cannot afford Trump's "A+++++" economy.
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Home insurance rates have gone up for 6 million people. How climate change and Trump are making the affordability crisis worse
Insurers have also canceled at least 1.4 million policies since 2021, says Climate Powerâand now Trump tariffs could make prices rise 38% faster.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91457201/home-insurance-rates-have-gone-up-for-6-million-people-how-climate-change-and-trump-are-making-the-affordability-crisis-worse
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Weaver must protect NRCâs independence and nuclear safety against Trump Admin pressure and overreach.
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Senate committee votes on Trump nominee to help lead nuclear safety agency
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/OjNSmIRSTpo?feature=share
2 months ago
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Our nation's largest public utility should be led by energy experts, not a political operative with domestic abuse allegations.
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He has no relevant experience, sex scandal baggage and a Senate confirmation battle. He was also Mike Johnsonâs landlord.
Lee Beaman is up for a spot on the Tennessee Valley Authorityâs board of directors. His rĂ©sumĂ© â whatâs on it and whatâs not on it â may get in the way.
https://www.ms.now/news/he-has-no-relevant-experience-sex-scandal-baggage-and-a-senate-confirmation-battle-he-was-also-mike-johnsons-landlord
2 months ago
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Lee Beaman knows cars. But he doesnât know the first thing about providing electricity to 10 million Americans.
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Car magnate Beaman draws fire during TVA board confirmation hearing âą Tennessee Lookout
A U.S. senator questioned whether former car magnate Lee Beaman is fit to serve on the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/04/car-magnate-beaman-draws-fire-during-tva-board-confirmation-hearing/
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So did FIFA promise Trump their "peace" prize to rent the Kennedy Center for $0.00, or did they give him the prize because they got to rent the Center for $0.00? đ€š
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The Trump-Kennedy Center of ... Corruption and Cronyism?
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Trump Accidentally Lets Slip Plan to Rename Kennedy Center
Donald Trump wants to rename the Kennedy Center after himself after doing everything he could to destroy it.
https://newrepublic.com/post/203989/trump-rename-kennedy-center-after-himself
3 months ago
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Calling it now. A 2026 Village People residency featuring all of their hit song.
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3 months ago
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Weâre making a list of the Trump Administrationâs corrupt handouts and checking it twice: it appears this year, itâs coal for Christmas!
3 months ago
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Trumpâs corrupt gifts for his fossil fuel megadonors just keep coming. This Administration will force American families to spend $23 billion more at the pump so Big Oil tycoons can get richer and richer.
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White House to propose significant rollback in fuel economy standards, sources say
The Trump administration is set to propose a significant rollback of fuel economy standards finalized by former President Joe Biden last year, its latest push to make it easier for automakers to sell ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-propose-less-stringent-fuel-economy-standards-sources-say-2025-12-02/
3 months ago
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Climate change has driven up home insurance costs, and now itâs driving down home values across the country. This is the Great Climate Insurance Collapse barreling at us.
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Home Prices on a Warming Planet
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/climate/home-prices-climate-change-insurance.html
3 months ago
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TVA needs engineers, scientists, and public power expertsânot Trump loyalists with extremist ties.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastorâs Secretive Influence Campaign
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. Itâs the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates
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One nominee must defend U.S. nuclear safety against Trump Admin pressure. The other is implicated in alleged campaign finance fraud, fought to overturn the 2020 election, and is a darling of the Koch network.
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Senate committee considers nominees for nuclear safety agency & nationâs largest public utility
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/rISry79yPtE?feature=share
3 months ago
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This is the guy Trump has chosen to help make sure 10 million Americans have electricity.
3 months ago
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What do Kid Rock and Lee Beaman have in common? Both have backstage passes to lobby Republicans while the American people pay the price.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
3 months ago
The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
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Nancy Pelosi
3 months ago
The climate crisis demands urgent action. Yet the Trump Administration continues to ignore science, abandon our commitments and leave communities to suffer. Standing with
@whitehouse.senate.gov
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
, we made it clear that America must lead the worldânot walk away from it.
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Trumpâs cronies at the Kennedy Center are recklessly spending like theyâve just stolen their dadâs credit card. Itâs textbook corruption.
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@whitehouse.senate.gov
launches investigation into cronyism and corruption at the Kennedy Center. Documents obtained by EPW reveal millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies at the Center.
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As electricity costs surge and home insurance premiums balloon, Trump continues to call climate change a âhoaxâ and cede global climate leadership.
@whitehouse.senate.gov
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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@pelosi.house.gov
sound the alarm on Trumpâs climate action abandonment.
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The skyrocketing costs of climate change
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtu.be/k-oyshul7Eg
3 months ago
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