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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 19h
The fossil fuel industry wants to hide the truth, but we can’t let them. We’ll continue to shine a spotlight on the industry’s climate denial and dark money schemes, until Republicans see that their big polluter donors’ lies aren’t worth the money.
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The science Big Oil wants to hide from you
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
There’s a deliberate scheme to raise your energy costs. Who’s responsible? Trump and Big Oil.
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING🚨 @whitehouse.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov & @epw.senate.gov release a damning new report exposing how Trump’s corruption with fossil fuel corporations is costing American families. Big Oil will gain $190 BILLION (and counting) from Trump’s taxpayer-funded subsidies and handouts. WATCH 👇
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
Big Oil bought Trump. You’re paying the price. Our comprehensive new report exposes corrupt fossil fuel industry control over the Trump Administration and how it’s costing American families.
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Big Oil bought Trump. You’re paying the price.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Nuclear energy is our largest source of zero-carbon energy. To develop nuclear energy responsibly and credibly, we need safe solutions for permanent waste.
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Exploring nuclear waste solutions
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
Two bills being considered today are the product of bipartisan cooperation. The other is not. These bipartisan bills will help prevent wildfires and meet nuclear fuel demands.
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Senate committee votes on wildfire, nuclear, & diesel emissions legislation
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
The law and economy have spoken. DOE should stop inventing ‘emergencies’ and let coal fail.
nytimes.com
Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running
The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
Trump and Zeldin are defying the laws of this country, the laws of physics, and the law of common sense. Their Polluters First Agenda passes the very real costs of a more extreme climate onto working families. We must protect human health and our environment—not corporate polluter profits.
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Power plant endangerment repeal enters White House review
The supplemental proposal was submitted on Monday and will be released with a final repeal of Biden-era rules.
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By: Jean Chemnick | 08/26/2026 11:02 AM EDT
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
How about some good news? Through bipartisan consensus, this CR contains no-brainer extensions for infrastructure funding and fee collections from chemical manufacturers. Wins that improve Americans' lives.
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Congress averts a government shutdown ahead of the midterms
With just a few weeks to spare, the House approved legislation extending funding through mid-December.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 31/08/2026
Renaming the Kennedy Center after a deeply unpopular president seems to have been a financial disaster. @whitehouse.senate.gov is renewing demands for the Center's financial documents, a basic expectation of trustees with fiduciary duties.
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Kennedy Center finances deteriorated sharply after Trump name change
Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 12/08/2026
Even Trump’s own DOJ won’t go along with his vandalism lies.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 06/08/2026
To cover up its rushed and shoddy work restoring the Reflecting Pool, Interior led a campaign of deceit about damage to the memorial. @whitehouse.senate.gov and @heinrich.senate.gov are demanding Interior's watchdog investigate the agency's lies and deception.
washingtonpost.com
Democrats ask Interior watchdog to investigate response to Reflecting Pool damage
Sens. Whitehouse and Heinrich say the inspector general must probe the agency’s internal documents after Justice Department officials said Interior concealed information about damage to the pool’s ren...
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 05/08/2026
When Big Oil knowingly promotes and sells harmful products, states and localities have the legal right to protect their citizens. This week, @whitehouse.senate.gov and @jayapal.house.gov led 90 Democrats affirming states’ ability to hold Big Oil accountable.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear case on Colorado dispute over climate change
Returning from its winter recess, the Supreme Court on Monday added just one new case to its oral argument docket. In a list of orders from the justices’ private conference last week, the court agree…
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 22/07/2026
Trump feeds his monumental ego with his vanity projects, and Americans are left to foot the bill.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 15/07/2026
From flood risk management to clean and safe drinking water programs to ecosystem restoration and more, this water package will accomplish a lot of good for our nation.
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Senate Committee Marks Up Major Bipartisan Water Bill
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/07/2026
Trump screws up ANOTHER reflecting pool? More shoddy work spotted at the Kennedy Center.
Rusting reflecting pool at the Kennedy CenterRusting reflecting pool at the Kennedy Center
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 11/07/2026
NEWS: @whitehouse.senate.gov expands his investigation into mismanagement at Trump’s Kennedy Center. Whistleblowers report shoddy work on one of the Center’s reflecting pools and MORE wasted taxpayer money on Trump’s vanity projects.
nytimes.com
Whistle-Blowers Accuse Kennedy Center of Contracting Flaws Under Trump
Documents submitted to Congress detailed concerns about competitive bidding processes and a White House order to tear up new bathroom tile because of its color.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 09/07/2026
EPA's air office once worked to protect human health and the environment. Then came fossil fuel crony Aaron Szabo. Szabo will be remembered by the sickness, death, and pollution he helped exacerbate.
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Trump’s Top Air Pollution Regulator to Resign
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 25/06/2026
@whitehouse.senate.gov asked a Trump nominee for evidence that vandals damaged the Reflecting Pool. We're still wondering, where is that evidence?
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 24/06/2026
The Trump Administration will happily sacrifice an entire species on the altar of oil and gas interests. It’s cruel, and it’s corrupt.
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Polluter Priorities: This Trump Nominee Puts Oil and Gas Interests Over Wildlife Protection
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18/06/2026
This is just part of Trump’s crooked scheme.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 10/06/2026
We are living through a biodiversity crash being driven primarily by human activity: climate change, deforestation, pollution, and more. How much of what wildlife remains must be a sacrifice to the worship of fossil fuel?
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Trump budget cuts weaken our nation’s oldest conservation agency
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 05/06/2026
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 ‘clean, beautiful’ coal
US president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production Act
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 04/06/2026
We want to pass permitting reform in the Senate. But the Administration’s clean energy obstruction must end.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 03/06/2026
President Trump’s 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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Trump’s transportation priorities put Big Oil first, families last
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 29/05/2026
Trump took a wrecking ball to the White House … and the law. @whitehouse.senate.gov, @robertgarcia.house.gov, and @rephuffman.bsky.social 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.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 21/05/2026
Ozone isn’t just air pollution. It’s 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...
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 13/05/2026
Trump Administration interference, closed-door decision-making, and alarming staff losses threaten the success of our nation’s 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
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 05/05/2026
It takes some messed-up math to believe expensive, polluting coal is bringing costs down.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 05/05/2026
You meant to say energy, Lee. It’s more expensive now thanks to you.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 05/05/2026
The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the math is simple. Offshore wind lowers energy costs.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/05/2026
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. That’s 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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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 30/04/2026
Trump’s EPA lies about bringing down costs for families. All they care about is paying off Trump’s fossil fuel donors. You pay the price.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 29/04/2026
Under Zeldin’s leadership, this EPA has sold out American families for Trump’s fossil fuel donors. They sell more coal, oil, and gas. You pay with your wallet and health.
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Trump’s EPA Chief has Big Oil’s back. Not yours.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 17/04/2026
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...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17/04/2026
Trump is extracting money from families’ budgets and pumping it to his fossil fuel donors.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 17/04/2026
Things you see inside Trump’s 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.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 15/04/2026
All our coastal areas—fresh and salty—are 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
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 01/04/2026
Today's preliminary injunction makes clear what we knew all along: Trump’s ballroom vanity project cannot continue—and never should have started—without 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 Trump’s White House Ballroom
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 26/03/2026
The more this Administration rewards Trump’s fossil fuel donors, the more you’re 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
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 19/03/2026
Republicans drive up home insurance costs by pretending climate change isn’t real — a service to their fossil fuel funders; a huge disservice to their constituents.
bloomberg.com
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.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18/03/2026
Americans are getting squeezed at the gas pump as Trump’s 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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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 19/03/2026
This is Trump’s dirty scheme to raise your power bill.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 17/03/2026
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 Trump’s Dirty Scheme to Raise Your Energy Bills
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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 Trump’s Dirty Scheme to Raise Your Energy Bills
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 13/03/2026
@whitehouse.senate.gov exposed Ric Grenell's corruption, cronyism, and gross mismanagement of the Kennedy Center. Now, Grenell is being replaced.
NEW YORK TIMES: Senate Democrats Investigate Kennedy Center Deals With Trump Allies.CNN: Exclusive: Trump is preparing to replace Ric Grenell as head of the Kennedy Center.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/03/2026
Trump’s message is clear: polluters win; you lose.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 11/03/2026
Trump and Zeldin lie through their teeth when they say they’re protecting our health.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 11/03/2026
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 Trump’s fossil fuel donors, no matter the cost to American families.
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Trump and Zeldin’s Dirty Work to Unleash Pollution
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 10/03/2026
EPA’s own Inspector General found that BILLIONS in grants were awarded properly, refuting Trump EPA chief’s 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.
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