Sheldon Whitehouse: “It is very hard to ask Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Kentucky to crack down on pollution that is not landing in Ohio…”

The fossil fuel-captured EPA’s decision to end its regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants is a tragic and expensive mistake.

We need more clarity on that, and when we have more clarity on that they’ll be back-and-forth to try to resolve those issues.

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.

If we can pass this bill, we will flood the grid with clean, affordable energy and make data centers start paying their fair share.