Hurricane Damage Costs Will Skyrocket Due to Climate Change, New Report Finds

WASHINGTON, June 2 – Costs from hurricane damages in the United States are expected to increase 39 percent in the coming decades because of the effects of climate change and coastal development, according to a new report prepared by the Congressional Budget Office for Sens. Bernie Sanders and Patty Murray. The 2016 hurricane season began Wednesday. By 2075, annual expected

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Sanders, Whitehouse, Warren, Merkley Slam GOP Attempt to Block Fossil Fuel Fraud Investigation

Washington, May 26 – In a letter sent to Attorney General Loretta Lynch today, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) slammed a GOP effort to cut off any federal investigation into possible fossil fuel industry fraud.  Recalling the successful Department of Justice lawsuit against the tobacco industry during the Clinton and Bush administrations,

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Vermont Firefighters Receive Nearly $700,000 in Federal Grants

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 24 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch — announced today that firefighters throughout Vermont will receive $679,285 through three federal grants. The three grants include $500,000 for a firefighting training simulator at Vermont Firefighting Academy in Pittsford; $142,858 for breathing apparatus for 20 firefighters in Bellows Falls; and $36,427 for

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Sanders a demócratas del Senado: ¿Estamos con Puerto Rico o con Wall Street y el Tea Party?

WASHINGTON, 23 de mayo – El Senador Bernie Sanders urgió a sus colegas demócratas del Senado a que rechacen un proyecto de ley presentado la semana pasada en la Cámara de Representantes que establecería una junta de control para monitorear la crisis financiera de Puerto Rico. “Tenemos que tomar una decisión importante,” Sanders escribió en una carta a los demócratas

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Sanders Statement on Toxic Substances Control Act

WASHINGTON, May 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement after the final text of the Toxic Substances Control Act was released: “The need for chemical safety reform has been set aside for far too long. While this legislation allows Vermont to continue enforcing existing state regulations to keep adults and children safe from toxic chemicals such as PFOA,

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