Sheldon Whitehouse: “Does the Senator know that, in Cumberland, RI, there used to be coal mining? In fact, there are still coal mines…”

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

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

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…

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