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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | Ranking Member
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While Trump hands out big bucks for his fossil fuel donors, families' energy costs climb higher. Since Trump took office, utility costs have soared 18%.
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Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700m to âclean, beautifulâ coal
US president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production Act
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/trump-coal-defense-production-act
2 days ago
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We want to pass permitting reform in the Senate. But the Administrationâs clean energy obstruction must end.
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3 days ago
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President Trumpâs war in Iran raised gasoline costs above $4 per gallon in every single state. We need transportation policies that help Americans, not Trump's Big Oil donors. We need affordable, reliable, and safe transportation choices.
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Trumpâs transportation priorities put Big Oil first, families last
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/Z9ZbrCSCj6I?feature=share
4 days ago
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Trump took a wrecking ball to the White House ⊠and the law.
@whitehouse.senate.gov
,
@robertgarcia.house.gov
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are leading 140+ Dems to challenge the Administration in court and stop his billion-dollar ballroom.
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Congressional Democrats argue in filing that White House ballroom construction shouldn't proceed without Congress' consent
Democratic lawmakers argue the Trump administration must get express consent from Congress before continuing construction on the White House ballroom.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congressional-democrats-white-house-ballroom-construction/
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Ozone isnât just air pollution. Itâs also a major driver of climate change.
@whitehouse.senate.gov
and Senator Schatz introduced a bill to fund new research to tackle this potent greenhouse gas.
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Whitehouse, Schatz Introduce Bill Advancing Science to Reduce Warming from Ozone, a Potent Air Pollutant and Greenhouse Gas
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) today introduced the Tropospher...
https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases-democratic?ID=3B6229F4-6B76-4949-8B07-60C3EC730672
17 days ago
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Trump Administration interference, closed-door decision-making, and alarming staff losses threaten the success of our nationâs nuclear safety regulator and the foundation of our nuclear industry.
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The NRC has been hard at work but threats to its independence still loom
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/HuQ_gM5ASLo?feature=share
25 days ago
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It takes some messed-up math to believe expensive, polluting coal is bringing costs down.
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about 1 month ago
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You meant to say energy, Lee. Itâs more expensive now thanks to you.
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about 1 month ago
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The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the math is simple. Offshore wind lowers energy costs.
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about 1 month ago
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
about 1 month ago
Big Oil is using Trump's war to drive up prices and rake in record profits. In just the first three months of 2026, BP made $3,200,000,000. Thatâs over $266 million per week. $34 million per day. $402 per *second.* My Windfall Profits Bill would return those profits to you.
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Trumpâs EPA lies about bringing down costs for families. All they care about is paying off Trumpâs fossil fuel donors. You pay the price.
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about 1 month ago
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Under Zeldinâs leadership, this EPA has sold out American families for Trumpâs fossil fuel donors. They sell more coal, oil, and gas. You pay with your wallet and health.
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Trumpâs EPA Chief has Big Oilâs back. Not yours.
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/ol83O4fkKXU?feature=share
about 1 month ago
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Republicans drive up the costs of everything from groceries to gas to homeowners' insurance by pretending climate change isn't real. Their fossil fuel donors get even wealthier, and you foot the bill.
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Trump Climate Endangerment Map
This series of maps shows how climate change is presently affecting our health and security by altering temperatures, snowpack and our water supply, increasing home insurance premiums, and spurring mo...
https://www.edf.org/maps/trump-climate-endangerment/
about 2 months ago
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
about 2 months ago
Trump is extracting money from familiesâ budgets and pumping it to his fossil fuel donors.
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Things you see inside Trumpâs Kennedy Center: pay-to-play corruption, shady dealings, and looters running the Center into the ground.
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What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center
I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/04/inside-kennedy-center-shutdown-drama/686801
about 2 months ago
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All our coastal areasâfresh and saltyâare in dire need of more resources and protection. In improving the value of our coasts, we should take inspiration from an old adage and lift all boats.
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Coastal Restoration in the Great Lakes
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/jZKJ79YB6c4?feature=share
about 2 months ago
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Today's preliminary injunction makes clear what we knew all along: Trumpâs ballroom vanity project cannot continueâand never should have startedâwithout express approval from Congress. The President is a steward of the White House, not an owner.
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Judge Orders Construction Stopped on Trumpâs White House Ballroom
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-white-house-ballroom-construction-ruling.html
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The more this Administration rewards Trumpâs fossil fuel donors, the more youâre exposed to the risks and costs of climate change. You pay for it on your utility bills, at the supermarket, on your property insurance, and on your medical bills.
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Climate Change Is Driving Up Household Costs
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/oegvS1Rp8UU?feature=share
2 months ago
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
3 months ago
Republicans drive up home insurance costs by pretending climate change isnât real â a service to their fossil fuel funders; a huge disservice to their constituents.
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US Home Insurance Prices Set to Keep Rising With Severe Weather
California is projected to see the biggest jump, while Florida is the most expensive market overall.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-18/us-home-insurance-prices-set-to-keep-rising-with-severe-weather
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
3 months ago
Americans are getting squeezed at the gas pump as Trumpâs War in Iran sends gas prices soaring and money flowing to his Big Oil donors. This week,
@khanna.house.gov
and I reintroduced a bill to curb this profiteering and provide relief to consumers.
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This is Trumpâs dirty scheme to raise your power bill.
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3 months ago
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Electric bills are up 13% nationally since Trump took office. His corrupt fossil fuel donors sell more oil, gas, and coal. You pay the bill.
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Exposing Trumpâs Dirty Scheme to Raise Your Energy Bills
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/ZlhKtYnjs1Q?feature=share
3 months ago
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Robert Reich
3 months ago
I'll be testifying shortly before
@epw.senate.gov
to discuss how Trump's energy policies benefit Big Oil corporations and rich investors at the expense of our planet and our pocketbooks. I urge you to tune in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlhK...
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Exposing Trumpâs Dirty Scheme to Raise Your Energy Bills
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlhKtYnjs1Q
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@whitehouse.senate.gov
exposed Ric Grenell's corruption, cronyism, and gross mismanagement of the Kennedy Center. Now, Grenell is being replaced.
3 months ago
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
3 months ago
Trumpâs message is clear: polluters win; you lose.
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Trump and Zeldin lie through their teeth when they say theyâre protecting our health.
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3 months ago
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While the Committee convenes to discuss Clean Air Act legislation, the EPA has completely abdicated any and all responsibility to protect our air and climate. This corrupt EPA works for Trumpâs fossil fuel donors, no matter the cost to American families.
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Trump and Zeldinâs Dirty Work to Unleash Pollution
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/xXMoA9t0otk?feature=share
3 months ago
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EPAâs own Inspector General found that BILLIONS in grants were awarded properly, refuting Trump EPA chiefâs baseless claims of 'waste, fraud, and abuse'. Zeldin's crusade has always been a total smoke screen to distract from his fossil fuel dirty work.
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EPA properly awarded $1.5B of now-terminated grants, federal watchdog says
The report is further evidence that Community Change Grants should not have been terminated, environmental groups say.
https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/epa-inspector-general-report-terminated-ej-community-change-grants-awarded-properly/814075/
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The chemical industry corrupts and corrodes. Trump and Zeldin welcomed them with open arms, and now their EPA takeover is complete.
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Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment
3 months ago
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Great to see companies including Amazon, Google, and JPMorgan step up to tackle non-CO2 greenhouse gases. The climate fight must cut these super-pollutants, which cause more than half of global warming today.
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Google, Amazon, others team to cut climate "superpollutants"
Superpollutants are shorter-lived in the atmosphere than CO2 but have powerful near-term effects.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/05/google-amazon-climate-superpollutants
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We need to extend expiring funding for our chemical safety law, the Toxic Substances Control Act. We need to reign in a corrupt, captured, anti-science EPA. We do NOT need to weaken chemical safety. Thatâs what this partisan proposal does.
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EPW Votes on Nuclear Safety Nominee, Discusses Chemical Safety Law
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/KWR9V64LwOI?feature=share
3 months ago
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Burgumâs a liar. Data centers are sending energy bills soaring.
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3 months ago
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More pollution, and Zeldin is damn proud.
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3 months ago
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Another empty promise from Trump to lower your energy bills.
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3 months ago
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Under current leadership, the Corps of Engineers has stymied clean energy, disfavored coastal projects, and paused $11 billion in funding for Democratic states. A hard, fast, and convincing course correction is required to get the Corps on track.
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Army Corps failures & partisanship risk water resources bill
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/BmVcstoo75A?feature=share
3 months ago
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The EPA used to work to keep deadly neurotoxins out of our air, food, and water. Now, they're erasing protections that would have saved 11,000 lives every year just to burn more coal.
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E.P.A. Weakens Limits on Mercury From Coal Plants
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/climate/epa-mercury-coal-plants.html
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Itâs not just more pollution, itâs higher costs. EPAâs own estimates show increased costs at the pump of at least $580 BILLION and up to $1.4 TRILLION over the next three decades. Thatâs money from your pockets to Trumpâs fossil fuel donors.
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âHistoric Climate Rollback Makes U.S. a Global Outlier on Tailpipe Rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/climate/endangerment-finding-auto-emissions-regulations.html
4 months ago
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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
4 months ago
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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
4 months ago
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Who caused the problem? đ
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4 months 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
's statement:
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Experts agreeâthere is no permitting reform without project certainty.
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4 months 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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4 months 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
4 months ago
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More Trump fossil fuel corruption is brewing.
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5 months 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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@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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5 months ago
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This is the same EPA that believes your life isn't as valuable as Big Oil's business.
add a skeleton here at some point
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