when we think about climate change-- something we don't do much of in this body--we often think about rising global temperatures and heat waves, and we think of changing weather patterns, stronger storms, or sea level rise threatening…

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) inspector general will investigate Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of a security detail on personal trips.

I am here to react to the President's selection of Andrew Wheeler to be the proposed No. 2 at the EPA. This is a selection that continues the Trump administration's essentially complete subservience to the fossil fuel industry in the…

one of the dominant vehicles for influence in American elections these days is the so-called 501(c)(4)

we have learned that the National Rifle Association has accepted foreign donations

Thanks to Senator Wyden's inquiries, we have learned that the National Rifle Association (NRA) accepts foreign donations.

there needs to be a market price on carbon dioxide emissions.

I have learned that when we agree, Senator Inhofe is perhaps the most effective legislator in the Senate.

there is zero political and electioneering support from those industries for the serious price on carbon they claim to support.

I am here on the floor for my 202nd ``Time to Wake Up'' speech. I would like to begin by thanking this body for the passing of the National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund as part of the measure that Republicans and Democrats agreed to…

I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of Senator Brown's remarks I be recognized for my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Ohio.

when we are talking about regulatory efficiencies, we are really talking about regulatory efficiencies.

Thank you, Chairman.

Can any customer amend your terms of service or is the terms of service a take-it-or-leave-it proposition for the average customer?

Those of us from coastal States take warnings like that from our Federal mortgage providers pretty damned seriously, as I think you would expect we should.

I guess my question is what is the role of carbon dioxide emissions in contributing to that sea level rise, if any?

How do you look behind a shell corporation and find who is really behind it through your authorization process?

Are individual principals, p-a-l-s, principals of the firm also banned?

Pruitt's version of cooperative federalism is a one-way street toward more pollution.

It is that particular situation, I think, where we have to be very careful about how cooperative this federalism gets if you are not dealing with the polluted State as well.

Cooperative federalism should mean that EPA and the States work together to reduce pollution.

But if they were running through a corporation domiciled in Delaware, you would not know that they were actually a Russian owner?

It is very hard to ask Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Kentucky to crack down on pollution that is not landing in Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Kentucky.

Cooperative federalism is code for EPA and some States walking away from their core mission of protecting human health and the environment.

A lot of us in coastal States are seeing very significant harm to our ocean environments.