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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | Ranking Member @SenWhitehouse
Washington, DC
Joined February 2011
The fossil fuel industry will make a fortune off the Big Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill. And American families will have to pay.
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Every year, the world gathers at COP to work toward climate solutions. But this year, the US was absent as Trump sided with his fossil fuel donors. In my 303rd Time to Wake Up speech, I’ll tell you why I decided to go on my own.
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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. @SenWhitehouse, @RepJeffries, and @SpeakerPelosi sound the alarm on Trump’s climate action abandonment.
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Under Lee Zeldin’s leadership, gone are the days of the EPA protecting human health and the environment. Polluters rejoice.
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A court may force Perrier off shelves over “natural” water claims.
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Behind the facade of these “accomplishments” is the real dirty work of the EPA. The agency has not only proposed rolling back power plant and vehicle pollution protections—but ending greenhouse gas pollution protections altogether.
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The EPA provided ONE water infrastructure loan to a community in Utah, yet the agency proposed cutting funding to states for sewage and drinking water systems by 89%.
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The EPA is touting a North Dakota Tribal greenhouse project. Meanwhile, the agency canceled $20 million in flood protection money to Kipnuk, Alaska—just months before the Tribal village suffered lethal flooding. https://t.co/SHfxE43REe
seattletimes.com
The disaster laid bare the Alaska Native village’s vulnerability to flooding and the consequences of the Trump administration’s cuts to environmental programs.
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The EPA is weakening protections for mercury, lead, and arsenic pollution. But at least they’re funding ONE lead and arsenic cleanup project in Colorado… https://t.co/mGpxnAVvCO
nytimes.com
The agency plans to weaken limits on toxic emissions from power plants while also scrapping restrictions on planet-warming greenhouse gases.
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Another EPA “victory” — providing air monitoring support for ONE community. Meanwhile, the agency pulled millions in air monitoring funding from communities like this one. https://t.co/LlX2vKQ4YE
insideclimatenews.org
Residents in majority-Black north Birmingham, Alabama, have long been subjected to industrial pollution. The new administration has cut funding for a program aimed at measuring the impact.
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The EPA is celebrating answering ONE citizen complaint about discharges into waters of the US. This week, the agency stripped even more protections for wetlands and streams across the country. https://t.co/fXtGfvDiAX
apnews.com
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers.
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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:
On President Trump’s 300th day, the EPA is releasing a list of our top 300 environmental wins this year as we Power the Great American Comeback.
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On President Trump’s 300th day, the EPA is releasing a list of our top 300 environmental wins this year as we Power the Great American Comeback.
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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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Trump's thuggish government will stop at nothing to deliver for his fossil fuel donors while he tanks the U.S. economy and cedes the world stage on climate. It's capture and corruption—and it’s costing American families.
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The U.S. federal government had one representative at this year’s COP: @SenWhitehouse. 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.
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A lot of progress is being made at COP. Too bad the US isn’t part of it.
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There are four big topics at COP this year. (Five if you count the delicious empanadas.)
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Trump didn’t send a single US official to COP this year, because he thinks climate change is a hoax. I disagree — so I’m here on my own.
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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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