Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @MartinHeinrich: Climate change is real. It’s caused by humans. And it’s incredibly expensive. We need to address the #ClimateCosts, a… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

What’s at stake if Leonard Leo’s dark money machine continues to control our courts: worker safety protections, the minimum wage, equal rights for women, Social Security, access to education, collective bargaining rights, the list goes on. Not to mention corrupted courts. — PolitiTweet.org

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And the solution is painless; it’s actually good for the economy, our health, and our natural bounty. Crooked Oil wants to stop it for selfish reasons, but it’s actually a Big Win for America. — PolitiTweet.org

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Now is the time. As Nobel Prize-winning economist @JosephEStiglitz wrote, "the more time that passes, the more expensive it becomes to address climate change." #ClimateCosts https://t.co/x4siRuw4QG — PolitiTweet.org

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We should not tolerate the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to lead us down the road to an unnecessary financial crisis. We’re creating a risk for generations to come — kids and grandkids won’t thank us for this mess. #ClimateCosts — PolitiTweet.org

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Climate change is a key force weighing on the health of our economy. Fossil fuel political blockade exposes us to major economic risks. #ClimateCosts https://t.co/fv9wycrfgC — PolitiTweet.org

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Just this spring, 7 — seven! — reports warned of economic crashes associated with climate disruption & urged prompt action to limit emissions to prevent those crashes. Here are links to these 7 reports, & for each a news article summarizing its findings. https://t.co/A3M4d3mvGN — PolitiTweet.org

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Put however much lipstick on the pig you want, call it any bogus new name you can make up, but it’s still a big, fat, climate-denying, polluter-protecting, fossil-fuel oinker. As bad as #ChamberofCarbon and @ShopFloorNAM. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is such a crock. It’s always been about protecting fossil-fuel polluters like #Koch Industries. https://t.co/zQBon5cFBR — PolitiTweet.org

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As a species, letting liars get ahead of experts is a dangerous place for humankind to be. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is the sort of nonsense the fossil fuel industry plants in general publications (particularly editorial pages, less subject to fact review) while financial experts warn of a carbon bubble collapse clobbering the global economy. https://t.co/UoBO4Nb37G — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s why we are where we are. Lies, told by people long after they knew they were lies. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s a reminder how persistent climate denial scheme is: years of it, by @exxonmobil and Big Oil, trade groups #ChamberofCarbon and @ShopFloorNAM, and creepy Heartland (geniuses who compared climate scientists to Unabomber). — PolitiTweet.org

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At Arctic meeting, Russian delegate tried to steer climate change conversation to contribution of volcanoes — aah, a trip down memory lane, to debunked climate lies from the past. (Climate denier lies don’t die when debunked, but live on as zombies.) — PolitiTweet.org

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On Memorial Day, we remember and honor those who served. We are eternally grateful for their sacrifice. https://t.co/iPQaW2f5e0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Ocean alarm bells: “plankton populations [are] going haywire” & have “deviated wildly from the historic norm, before we humans kicked off the Industrial Revolution. Which is increasingly looking like one of the worst things to ever happen to this planet.” https://t.co/MHzQ3H8DAN — PolitiTweet.org

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Slide at Arctic Council climate change presentation. Presenter read the “pace of change” sentence twice, to make sure we got it. @USChamber, @ShopFloorNAM, listening? Care? #ChamberofCarbon https://t.co/B9V06bWtnH — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gillibrandny: The economic consequences of Congress’s inaction on climate could be dire—and far sooner than we think. Wake up. This i… — PolitiTweet.org

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In real life, my bill is more than $50 and well above 5% (likely closer to 8%), and it will produce significant economic, environmental and health co-benefits. We have nothing to fear from climate action, except being too late. — PolitiTweet.org

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The model closest to my carbon fee bill ($50/5%) does very well in this report, which omits many co-benefits. https://t.co/6abqKEmg4Q — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenKamalaHarris: The President’s attempts to derail the Mueller investigation, paired with AG Barr’s refusal to give clear answers to C… — PolitiTweet.org

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Until very recently, Microsoft’s trade group TechNet didn’t even mention climate, let alone prioritize it. Corporate support on climate is a novelty, whose sincerity and force are untested. — PolitiTweet.org

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Good change by Microsoft. But, same question: can they offset menace of corporate groups — @USChamber, @ShopFloorNAM, @NFIB, @APIenergy — so long and so forcefully opposed to serious action? (Chamber and NAM the worst, per @InfluenceMap.) https://t.co/OXju6EK6m1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Up against them? Fossil fuel front groups like @USChamber and @ShopFloorNAM who don’t disclose their funding. #ChamberofCarbon — PolitiTweet.org

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If we succeed on climate, it will have a lot to do with folks like @jerry_jtaylor: conservatives who saw through fossil fuel lies & went back to conservative principles for solutions- @KHayhoe, @bobinglis, @mitch_at_EEN join Jerry Taylor on roll of honor. https://t.co/gugjdAoCKr — PolitiTweet.org

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In case you did not have enough reason to despise the Soviets. If you’ve ever been around dolphins or whales, you know how vile this is. https://t.co/D5RQd8q8VT — PolitiTweet.org

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So much for @exxonmobil’s bogus claim that there will be zero electric buses by 2040. Why did @blackrock not do due diligence, having pushed for that report? It is this sort of bogus reporting that leads to carbon asset bubble so many are warning about. #ClimateCosts — PolitiTweet.org

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

A little more of that popcorn, please; it’s going to be a great show. https://t.co/6QmycRLYkV — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

CEOs keep hoovering up more money; workers fall farther behind — I wonder how much of this increase was from stock buy-backs fueled by Republican Tax Scam we all paid for. https://t.co/JeuCbQe7wg — PolitiTweet.org