Energy and Environment

Congressional Progressive Caucus members.

Progressive Caucus announces opposition to permitting bill over environmental law reforms

Callie Patteson · November 11, 2026 9:48 am

A person walks a dog past signs about gas, food prices and voting on Nov. 3, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, from left, Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talk to reporters about the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act to reform the federal environmental review and permitting process, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The 24 Democrats and one Republican who voted against advancing the Senate permitting bill

Lee, Moore Capito, Whitehouse, and Heinrich.

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Wind turbines can be seen from Patterson Pass Road in Livermore, California.

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Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton used the hundreds of deaths resulting from Hurricane Matthew to underscore the threat posed by climate change to the nation. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

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The Obama administration is holding up the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, despite the project's court victory Sunday night over a North Dakota Indian tribe opposing the oil pipeline. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

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The emails showed John Podesta favoring billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer to serve as secretary of energy, while a name the campaign was considering, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, be scratched from the list. (AP Photo)

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About half of the increase in forest fires in the western United States can be attributed to climate change, according to a study released Monday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Coal CEO Robert Murray's remarks got a near immediate response from Elon Musk, the CEO and founder of Tesla, who told Murray he would stop using government subsidies if the coal industry did the same. (AP Photos)

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The German parliament has taken the radical step of passing a resolution to ban the gasoline and diesel internal combustion engine by 2030. The resolution could be seen as a response to last year's emission cheating scandal by German auto giant Volkswagen. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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The study showed coal potentially reaching its peak before 2020. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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The warning is not coming from critics of the Paris deal, the GOP or presidential nominee Donald Trump, but from the climate agreement's top supporters, including dozens of environmental and civil society groups. (AP Photo)

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The administration began studying LGBTQ history in 2014 to identify places of significance to the community. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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