Environment

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement commemorating Earth Day:  “Fighting the climate crisis has become more urgent by the day. But instead of meeting the moment, President Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the essential environmental programs…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week took to the Senate Floor to speak out against President Trump’s efforts to help corporations and Big Oil pollute our air and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Global Climate Resilience Act, legislation that would create a program to bolster the United States’ ability to provide climate finance and debt relief to countries in the Global South. This new program would enhance…

Statement of Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)As Prepared and Submitted for the Congressional RecordNovember 21, 2024 Madam President, world leaders and other high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have been in Baku, Azerbaijan this week in pursuit of an agreement on financing of future actions necessary…

BETHEL, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to tour the White River National Fish Hatchery (NFH) and discuss the importance of the hatchery’s…