Press Releases

Bennet, Bicameral Colleagues Highlight Dangerous New EPA Methane Rule

Lawmakers Highlight How Dangerous Rollback Increases Maternal Health Risks

Aug 27, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 30 Members of Congress in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler expressing their deep concern with a new rule that would weaken the EPA’s ability to limit dangerous methane pollution from the oil and gas sector.
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During Visit to Brown Family Farms, Bennet Discusses Water Conservation Efforts Along South Fork of the Republican River

Aug 26, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet visited Brown Family Farms where he met with the Republican River Water Conservation District (RRWCD) and discussed his efforts as a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to allow farmers in Yuma County to use dryland farming practices on land enrolled in the Republican River Conservation Reserve Easement Program (CREP).
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Bennet, Senate Democrats’ Climate Committee Release New Report on Climate Action, Plan to Build Clean Economy for American People

Report Outlines How Climate Action Will Grow the Economy, Improve Lives for Americans Across the Country

Aug 25, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and members of the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis released a comprehensive report titled, “The Case for Climate Action: Building a Clean Economy for the American People.”
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Bennet, Entire Democratic Caucus Urge Interior Secretary Bernhardt to Remove Pendley as Leader of Bureau of Land Management

Senators: "Mr. Pendley is unfit to be confirmed as director, he is unfit to exercise the authority of the director without being confirmed, and we ask that you remove Mr. Pendley from this position"

Aug 25, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary David Bernhardt urging him to remove William Perry Pendley from his position leading the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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Bennet Visits Loveland Studio of Jane DeDecker to See Progress Being Made on Sculpture Celebrating the Pioneers of Women’s Suffrage

Bennet’s Legislation Would Make Every Word We Utter Sculpture the First Outdoor Monument Commemorating Women’s Suffrage in Nation’s Capital

Aug 21, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet visited the Loveland sculpting studio of Colorado artist Jane DeDecker to see the progress being made on her Every Word We Utter sculpture celebrating the pioneers of the women’s suffrage movement – Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells.
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Bennet Tours State-of-the-Art Electric Vehicle Battery Research Facility and Manufacturing Line at Solid Power in Louisville

Senator stresses that Colorado cleantech companies like Solid Power are critical to solving our climate crisis and to our economic recovery

Aug 21, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet toured the research facility and manufacturing line at Solid Power in Louisville with Solid Power executives, scientists, and engineers to learn more about the startup’s innovative technology that will help power electric vehicles–a key climate and clean air solution.
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Colorado Sporting Conservation Groups Join Bennet in Gunnison County to Highlight CORE Act Provisions for Hunting, Fishing, and Outdoor Enthusiasts

Groups Also Release Analysis of Colorado Public Lands Bill’s Protections for Cold-Water Fisheries and Precious Wildlife Habitat

Aug 20, 2020
Yesterday, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and sporting conservation groups from across the state highlighted victories in the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act for hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts in the Gunnison River Basin.
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