Sheldon Whitehouse: “We actually are in a position to put very strong encouragements on China and India and other heavily carbon-intensive…”

The fossil fuel industry and their allies bought their way into the Trump White House with hundreds of millions of dollars in political donations.

We need more clarity on that.

This is a story with villains – the greedy fossil fuel companies wrecking the planet and sticking Americans with the bill for the damage. Frustrated voters are hungry to see politicians really fighting for them, and the climate fight…

We introduced the Disaster Relief Fairness Act in July, which would require the federal government to approve disaster aid when a state meets FEMA’s criteria for assistance.