Sheldon Whitehouse
U.S. Senator for Rhode Island
You pay for their grotesque excess profits, from them gouging you at the pump. Trump helps them screw you by blockading low-cost clean energy.
npr.org
Oil company earnings skyrocket — again
Oil companies are reporting another quarter of sky-high profits as the war in Iran pushes up the price of oil — and prices at the pump.
Elections must be free, fair, and secure.
We got a serious briefing Sunday night on the Trump/MAGA schemes to cheat, and have made preparations so they don’t succeed at subverting our democracy.
washingtonpost.com
Will Trump or others interfere with voting? What to know about election security.
President Donald Trump has taken unprecedented steps to insert himself and the government into Election Day, but election officials are projecting calm.
“Not only is reform needed to meet America’s soaring energy needs, but — contrary to the claims of its critics — it’s also essential to safeguard the nation’s natural resources.”
A cleaner, more affordable future awaits.
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | An environmentalist’s case for permitting reform
The bipartisan Senate deal would not gut the Clean Water Act.
Yup. Even juvenile great whites around the Block Island wind farm “cafeteria.”
bostonglobe.com
Wind turbines aren’t hurting my fishing. They’re helping it. - The Boston Globe
Scientists are still studying whether the turbines are creating more fish, or concentrating fish that were already there. Either way, it makes these areas great for fishing, writes local fisherman.
Whitehouse, NAM Convene Roundtable with RI Manufacturing, Labor, and Business Leaders to Support Permitting Reform
Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act aims to unleash renewable energy, lower emissions and electricity costs, and fight climate change Pawtucket, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Jay Timmons, President of the...
Hey, Florida, put that on Big Oil’s climate change tab.
How much are they pitching in?
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POLITICO Pro: FPL asks to collect more than $350M in costs from Hurricane Isaias
The utility estimates that restoring power for its 435,000 impacted customers cost more than $550 million.
Our permitting bill saves ratepayers $55 BILLION alone just by requiring data centers to pay their fair share.
gridstrategiesllc.com
Grid Funding from Data Centers in BAAJA
Grid Strategies estimates $55 billion in transmission costs could be collected from data centers under BAAJA.
This mini-tantrum of a brief challenges the judge’s fact-finding with presumptions about what took place when they have control over the evidence.
Seems like appointing a special master to investigate DOJ’s conduct and report would make sense.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/73710...
courtlistener.com
Appellee-Cross Appellant Brief – #89 in Donald Trump v. Thirty-Five Former Federal Judges (11th Cir., 26-12692) – CourtListener.com
Appellee-Cross Appellant's Brief filed by Appellees-Cross Appellants Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury. [26-12692] (ECF: R. Trent McCotter)
When Tony Soprano doesn’t get his cut, he’s pissed.
(BTW, quick list of legit services she could possibly provide worth $50 million?)
reuters.com
Trump calls $50 million contract for ex-lawyer Habba Mildon 'not acceptable'
President Donald Trump said on Saturday it was "unacceptable" for one of his former lawyers, Alina Habba Mildon, to secure a $50 million contract for herself while working at the US Department of Ju...
Not easy to see how any of this behavior of Trump appointees comports with the board’s fiduciary duty to the Center.
washingtonpost.com
Kennedy Center leaders threatened payroll to push Trump naming, lawmaker alleges
A court brief says that foundation funding was tied to keeping Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center, leaving officials warning that repayment would force immediate furloughs.
Today’s “fall back” ritual is unnecessary, antiquated, and disrupts Rhode Islanders’ lives.
Let’s get the Sunshine Protection Act again through the Senate and onto the President’s desk.
Trump/Epstein is real, and so is the MAGA DOJ cover-up.
esquire.com
A Disturbing New Report Reveals the Extent of Trump and Epstein’s Twisted Relationship
I don’t think Attorney General Todd Blanche has a big enough shovel to bury all of this.
An updated compendium of decisions where judges found the Trump administration unworthy of the longstanding “presumption of regularity.”
justsecurity.org
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation (5th edition)
Definitive, most comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
I will miss my friend Aram, a true Rhode Island fixture who served in many roles of civic leadership.
wpri.com
RI businessman Aram Garabedian passes away at 91
Aram Garabedian, a prominent Rhode Island businessman and politician, passed away Friday morning.
Like a gangster movie, where the boss finds out one of his goons isn’t paying the required tribute.
nytimes.com
Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal
Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidenti...
Maybe we can learn something from the puffins.
theguardian.com
How the quirky puffin became a symbol of the climate crisis – and hope
In an extract from his new book, the nature historian explains how technology could help the seabird survive