Energy
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Members of Congress Press U.S. Trade Rep on Tar Sands Policy
As the Obama Administration considers the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline application, Members of the House and Senate today renewed an inquiry into reports of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) efforts to influence European tar sands po...…Read More
Posted on 7/9/2014 | -
Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change Releases Recommendations for the Department of Energy
oday the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change released a white paper recommending 20 concrete steps the Department of Energy should take in carrying out the President’s Climate Action Plan. The recommendations include strengthening specific energy efficiency standard...…Read More
Posted on 8/6/2013 | -
Vice President Al Gore Speaks at Sheldon's 4th Annual RI Energy & Environmental Leaders Day
Vice President Al Gore delivers the keynote address at Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's 4th Annual RI Energy & Environmental Leaders Day. Learn more about Sheldon's work at www.whitehouse.senate.gov/climatechange.
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Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change Launches Clean Energy Breakthroughs Series
oday the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change launched a new series of fact sheets that will examine emerging energy technologies that could play a significant role in the clean energy economy of the future. Each fact sheet in the series, entitled Clean Energy Breakthrough...…Read More
Posted on 5/30/2013 | -
Time to Wake Up: Economic Costs of Carbon Pollution
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Sen. Whitehouse to Speak at “Forward on Climate” Rally in Washington
Update: You can watch Sheldon's speech below.
Posted on 2/14/2013 | -
Climate Change: Recapping 2012
VA, College, University, Water, Carbon Pollution, Sea, FEMA, Beach, middle class, Tax Credit, Wind, Air, Ocean, Infrastructure, Climate, Climate Change, Department of Defense, Wind Energy, Oil, Art, EPW, Energy efficiency, Students, Flood, Job, Tax, Energy, Fossil Fuels , Pollution, Economy, Weather, School -
Whitehouse Applauds President Obama’s Plan to Address High Gas Prices
As Rhode Islanders and middle class families across the country struggle to keep up with rising gas prices, President Obama has announced a series of new initiatives to crack down on the oil speculation that many believe is behind the price spike. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), wh...…Read More
Posted on 4/18/2012 | -
Sheldon Calls on Senate to Pass Buffett Rule
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, on a late spring day 27 years ago, President Ronald Reagan addressed a group of high school students in Atlanta, GA. Many of the students in that audience that day were about to join the workforce, and President Reagan spoke about the “strange”--to use his word--tax sys...…Read More
Posted on 4/16/2012 |Student Loan, Buffett Rule, Elections, EPA, middle class, Job, Fairness, Unemployment, Paying a Fair Share Act, Students, Rail, University, Interest Rates, Art, Business, LIHEAP, Air, Budget Deficit, Workforce, LIHEAP, Job Creation, Small Businesses, Budget, Corporations, Labor, Unemployment rate, Workers, Jobs -
Whitehouse, Sanders Hold Hearing on Military Investments in Clean Energy
Today, with gas prices near record highs across the country, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held a joint hearing to examine how our armed forces are working to diversify our nation’s fuel supply and become more energy efficient, and how the...…Read More
Posted on 3/27/2012 |Energy, Energy efficiency, Consumer, Solar, Climate Change, Armed Services, Sea, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Force, Army, women, Pollution, EPA, Department of Defense, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Clean Energy, Jobs, Navy, Wind, oil, Oil, Military , Research and Development, Gas Prices, Art, Economy, Renewable energy, Green Jobs, Tax