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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | Ranking Member
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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 doesn’t change the science. It’s a choice between truth and falsehood, and we want to put the Senate on record.
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Trump admits “coal needs a little public relations help.” It’s that pesky black lung disease ruining coal's image! It's polluting, toxic coal for Christmas—courtesy of Trump!
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8 days ago
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Trump’s 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
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's statement:
10 days ago
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Statement from Kennedy Center ex-officio board members on Trump’s illegal effort to rename arts institution:
14 days ago
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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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14 days ago
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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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14 days ago
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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 centers’ hunger for electricity is prompting some states to keep their coal-burning power plants from closing — 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
15 days ago
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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 Power—and 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
15 days ago
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Weaver must protect NRC’s 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
22 days 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 Johnson’s landlord.
Lee Beaman is up for a spot on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors. His résumé — what’s on it and what’s not on it — 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
24 days ago
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Lee Beaman knows cars. But he doesn’t 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 • 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/
27 days ago
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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? 🤨
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27 days ago
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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
28 days ago
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Calling it now. A 2026 Village People residency featuring all of their hit song.
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28 days ago
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We’re making a list of the Trump Administration’s corrupt handouts and checking it twice: it appears this year, it’s coal for Christmas!
28 days ago
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Trump’s 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/
28 days ago
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Climate change has driven up home insurance costs, and now it’s 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
29 days ago
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TVA needs engineers, scientists, and public power experts—not 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 Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s 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
29 days ago
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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 & nation’s largest public utility
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/rISry79yPtE?feature=share
29 days ago
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This is the guy Trump has chosen to help make sure 10 million Americans have electricity.
29 days 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.
30 days ago
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about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Senate EPW Democrats
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
about 1 month ago
The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
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Nancy Pelosi
about 1 month 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 world—not walk away from it.
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Trump’s cronies at the Kennedy Center are recklessly spending like they’ve just stolen their dad’s credit card. It’s textbook corruption.
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about 1 month ago
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NEW:
@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.
about 1 month ago
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As electricity costs surge and home insurance premiums balloon, Trump continues to call climate change a “hoax” and cede global climate leadership.
@whitehouse.senate.gov
,
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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@pelosi.house.gov
sound the alarm on Trump’s 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
about 1 month ago
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Looks like the EPA is celebrating another self-aggrandizing list. Surprising no one, it’s riddled with hyperbole and misdirection. Here are just a few lowlights:
about 1 month ago
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PFAS is a public health menace. The EPA has the tools to clean up contaminated sites and hold polluters accountable for the release of these dangerous chemicals. They must use them.
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Cleaning up hazardous PFAS chemicals
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/7Daxpztfjzw?feature=share
about 1 month ago
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The U.S. federal government had one representative at this year’s COP:
@whitehouse.senate.gov
. He showed up with U.S. state & local leaders to show the world that while Trump may think climate change is a hoax, the majority of American people do not.
about 1 month ago
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Energy prices are skyrocketing, and Trump’s “solution” is spending millions to revive expensive, polluting coal plants. This does nothing to make your bills more affordable. It’s a handout to the megadonors who helped get him elected.
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5586586-trump-coal-plants-energy-department/
about 2 months ago
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Big news: Zeldin discovers Americans actually like saving money on their energy bills
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E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/climate/epa-energy-star-program.html
about 2 months ago
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Trump was right about something—we DO need more energy on the grid. So, why is he gutting affordable clean energy that would help lower energy costs?
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about 2 months ago
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NEWS:
@whitehouse.senate.gov
led all EPW Dems to condemn the Trump Administration’s weaponized pause of $11 billion in water projects in blue states. This decision will hurt communities and jeopardizes bipartisan support on the Water Resources Development Act.
about 2 months ago
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Trump's privately funded ballroom is classic pay-to-play corruption. The public deserves to know exactly who is funding Trump’s vanity project—and what he has promised them in return.
2 months ago
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New Halloween costume just dropped. So bad it’s scary.
2 months ago
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reposted by
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks
2 months ago
My statement on Republicans trying to jam through the Environment and Public Works Committee a partisan resolution, breaking with years of precedent, for the relocation of the FBI headquarters:
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The Trump Admin pushes more industry cronies for the Polluters’ Protection Agency. EPW also considers bipartisan legislation to protect clean air, bolster clean nuclear energy, and save our seas.
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Senate Committee votes on Trump nominees, bipartisan legislation, FBI relocation, and more
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/bxn_C3JlKik?feature=share
2 months ago
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The FBI wants to move into a DC building located on top of a Metro stop AND a public parking lot. Great for a Spirit Halloween, not for one of our top national security agencies.
2 months ago
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Trump’s attacks on clean energy are sending your bills soaring, but at least his ballroom is coming along.
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2 months ago
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He's already torn through the Constitution. Of course he bulldozed the People’s House.
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2 months ago
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
2 months ago
Back in January, I predicted that the fossil fuel Looters and Polluters would take over the federal government. I’m saddened—though not surprised—that my grim forecast has already come true. I’m headed to the Senate floor for my 302nd Time to Wake Up speech.
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How many fossil fuel-funded Republicans does it take to deliver on one president's promise? Trump pledged to cut your energy bills in half. Instead, costs are UP 10% and STILL CLIMBING.
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Trump plans to eliminate a project that would help power a CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL with affordable and reliable clean energy. Bad for kids, bad for the planet, but good for Big Oil.
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E&E News: Trump’s budget ax hits pediatric hospital’s microgrid plan
DOE canceled a $30 million grant for batteries that would keep a large California hospital operating during blackouts.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/09/trumps-spending-axe-hits-pediatric-hospitals-microgrid-plan-00598026
2 months ago
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With the right leadership, TVA has transformative power to lead the energy transition. Instead, Trump has nominated political cronies who could help push TVA into private hands and raise energy costs—all to curry favor with his fossil fuel donors.
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These are Trump’s nominees for the nation’s largest public power company
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
https://youtube.com/live/hEBTaiILoJo?feature=share
2 months ago
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As climate change worsens, homeowners' insurance becomes more expensive and harder to get. Families in North Carolina are feeling the pain.
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US Sen. Whitehouse links rising insurance costs to climate change at Raleigh roundtable • NC Newsline
The Rhode Island Democrat says his home state and North Carolina share similar risks from climate change.
https://ncnewsline.com/2025/10/14/us-sen-whitehouse-links-rising-insurance-costs-to-climate-change-in-raleigh-roundtable/
2 months ago
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Legions of experts are sounding the alarm about the multiple threats that climate change poses to the global economy. The IMF must not cave to Trump pressure to sideline its climate work. Doing so would be a grave mistake.
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Senate Democrat Urges More IMF Climate Work Amid Trump Pressure
Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse urged the International Monetary Fund to keep up with its work on climate, as the Trump administration criticizes the lender’s approach to the topic.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-17/senate-democrat-urges-more-imf-climate-work-amid-trump-pressure?taid=68f2566bf98ed0000173ba9b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&embedded-checkout=true
2 months ago
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The Trump Admin is trying to sell Americans on the benefits of less efficient cars. This will cost families $23 billion more at the pump, generate more pollution, & worsen health outcomes. That's money out of your pocket & into the pockets of fossil fuel donors. How's that for draining the swamp?
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3 months ago
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The real energy emergency is skyrocketing energy costs—all so Trump’s fossil fuel donors can sell more oil and gas.
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3 months ago
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