Senate Energy Democrats
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Keeping public lands in public hands. Working toward a clean, affordable, American-made future. Led by Ranking Member @SenatorHeinrich.
Washington, DC
Joined April 2011
Trump is making electricity more expensive–not less. That’s because of something we’ll call the “Trump Tax”—a combination of tariffs, canceled clean energy investments, and cuts to energy affordability programs. Now his “big, beautiful bill” could make it even worse. 🧵
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Trump denied disaster aid to rebuild power lines in rural Michigan after a devastating ice storm. Now, residents could end up picking up the tab...to the tune of at least $4,500 per household.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge deserves our protection. I’m on the Senate floor to tell you why.
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Ranking Member @SenatorHeinrich joins lead Dem of Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee @SenCortezMasto in hearing to examine legislation that will shape the future of America's public lands.
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200+ clean energy jobs folks can build their families around. Cutting-edge innovation. Keeping New Mexico competitive. Kairos is an example of workers in our state leading the way as we grow good-paying jobs and strengthen our clean energy leadership.
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For decades, Republicans have been slow walking progress on clean energy. That isn’t free. Home insurance premiums are through the roof because of their inaction.
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Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
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Ranking Member @SenatorHeinrich leads Energy Democrats in a hearing to examine permitting for energy, mining, grazing, and infrastructure projects on public lands.
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The revenue generated by public lands is comparable to hosting 8 Super Bowls per month. They’re more than just places to recreate–they boost our national and local economies and support almost a million jobs. Cutting resources hurts more than recreationists, it hurts communities.
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.@KimStrassel: “I shiver to think about how close we came to full-on censorship under this last administration.”
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We are at a crisis point for our national refuges. DOGE cuts have threatened our ability to take care of them and manage them effectively.
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No real consultation. A one-week comment period. And now Trump is rushing to lift Western Arctic protections — railroading Tribes, ignoring community input, skipping NEPA reviews, and putting wealthy interests over everyday Americans.
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Even Fox News can’t spin the fact that Americans are paying more for their groceries, electricity, and car repairs. President Trump told Americans he would lower prices on day one. The president hasn’t lowered prices — he has only made everything more expensive with his
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Our National Parks are our “crown jewels.” Just one expert was plugging abandoned mines that leak methane and oil into these lands — until this administration let him go. Their reckless cuts endanger Americans and create a new public health crisis.
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Can hype make you blind in crypto? BitBoy’s story shows what happens when trust turns toxic. Read the cautionary tale!
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Steven Concho: These places, people refer to them as ruins, or abandoned, but they’re not. We still go to these places. They’re living places that still hold meaning to the Pueblo people...Protecting all these places keeps our tradition alive.
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Sen. Hickenlooper: Can you speak to the impact that these staffing cuts have made, especially on energy projects? Dr. Chris Merritt: The more federal agencies don’t do their job because of staffing, the more it falls to us.
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Our public lands are at risk and we’ve never been closer to losing them than we are right now. We won’t let that happen.
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Dr. Chris Merritt: I cannot imagine a world where the lack of federal employees is not going to hurt permitting.
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The city was broke—but not broken. Drop Dead City, the 2025 documentary about NYC’s 1975 fiscal crisis, is out now. Don’t miss this smart, gripping and unexpectedly poignant story of urban survival, now streaming on all major platforms!
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Sen. Heinrich: Our kids and our grandkids deserve to know where they come from. And we can't tell the story of our nation without protecting the places that literally tell those stories.
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Families across the country are bracing for cold weather and skyrocketing electric bills. We need more clean, affordable, American-made energy now. Trump’s continuous attacks on American clean energy projects mean one thing: working people will pay for his reckless policies.
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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.
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Ranking Member @SenatorHeinrich leads ENR democrats in committee hearing to examine permitting processes under the National Historic Preservation Act.
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ENR Ranking Member @SenatorHeinrich, @SenCortezMasto, @SenatorHick, and @ChrisCoons join Senator Sheehy and @NINP_org in launching the bipartisan Senate Stewardship Caucus to protect our public lands and wildlife. Watch here:
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