Sheldon Whitehouse: “I am very pleased that ESSA steps away from that one-size-fits-all, overly prescriptive posture.”

This is a hugely important milestone but there are two big pieces of work in front of us.

The wins from this could be very very big ones. This should lower electricity costs measurably for Americans. This should increase clean power significantly for Americans. This should significantly add construction and jobs across the…

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

Most of the dealbreaker humps we’re over, but now it’s refining the language, taking raw agreements into legislative texts and figuring out what schedule for voting succeeds.