Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Tom Udall (D-NM), today offered an amendment to the Senate budget resolution that would have stricken language to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.

Bennet Fights to Stop Republican Effort to Open Arctic Refuge to Drilling

Republican budget tax plan would open up Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Edward Markey (D-MA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tom Udall (D-NM), Al Franken (D-MN), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) were joined today by the League of Conservation Voters, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Alaska Wilderness League to call for the removal of any language in the Fiscal Year 2018 Republican budget resolution that would allow for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Today, industry and community leaders from across Colorado expressed support for the Pollution Transparency Act, legislation introduced by Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet that would standardize the metric used by federal agencies to measure the cost of climate pollution.

Colorado Lawmakers Request Resources to Prevent Invasive Species Infestation

Letter to Interior Follows Detection of Mussel Larvae in Colorado Reservoir

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Jared Polis sent a bicameral, bipartisan letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke urging a rapid response to the invasive mussel larvae detected in Colorado's Green Mountain Reservoir.