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.

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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Trump feeds his monumental ego with his vanity projects, and Americans are left to foot the bill.

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.

Senate Committee Marks Up Major Bipartisan Water Bill

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Trump screws up ANOTHER reflecting pool? More shoddy work spotted at the Kennedy Center.

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.

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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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.

Trump’s Top Air Pollution Regulator to Resign

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@whitehouse.senate.gov asked a Trump nominee for evidence that vandals damaged the Reflecting Pool. We're still wondering, where is that evidence?

The Trump Administration will happily sacrifice an entire species on the altar of oil and gas interests. It’s cruel, and it’s corrupt.

Polluter Priorities: This Trump Nominee Puts Oil and Gas Interests Over Wildlife Protection

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This is just part of Trump’s crooked scheme.

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?

Trump budget cuts weaken our nation’s oldest conservation agency

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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%.

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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We want to pass permitting reform in the Senate. But the Administration’s clean energy obstruction must end.

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.

Trump’s transportation priorities put Big Oil first, families last

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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.

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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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.

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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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.

The NRC has been hard at work but threats to its independence still loom

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It takes some messed-up math to believe expensive, polluting coal is bringing costs down.

You meant to say energy, Lee. It’s more expensive now thanks to you.

The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the math is simple. Offshore wind lowers energy costs.

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.

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.

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.

Trump’s EPA Chief has Big Oil’s back. Not yours.

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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.

Trump Climate Endangerment Map

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Trump is extracting money from families’ budgets and pumping it to his fossil fuel donors.

Things you see inside Trump’s Kennedy Center: pay-to-play corruption, shady dealings, and looters running the Center into the ground.

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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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.

Coastal Restoration in the Great Lakes

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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.

Judge Orders Construction Stopped on Trump’s White House Ballroom

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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.

Climate Change Is Driving Up Household Costs

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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.

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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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.