Natural Resources Committee Democrats
@naturalresources.bsky.social
Official BlueSky for the House Natural Resources Committee Democrats | Ranking Member @rephuffman.bsky.social
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ABC News released before-and-after satellite images of the White House demolition.
If they can do this to the White House, imagine what they’d do to Yosemite or the Lincoln Memorial.
Compensation for wildland firefighters dying from exposure is long overdue. But it's not enough to pay families after the damage is done.
We need masks, research, and real protections on the frontlines. Democrats will keep fighting until these heroes get the care they deserve.
We need masks, research, and real protections on the frontlines. Democrats will keep fighting until these heroes get the care they deserve.
Wildfire fighters will be eligible for a payment of nearly $450,000 and college tuition for their family if they die or become debilitated from a smoke-related cancer, under a law signed by President Trump on Thursday.
U.S. Will Pay $450,000 to Wildfire Fighters With Cancer
They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a legislative push to address the dangers of working in toxic smoke.
nyti.ms
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Compensation for wildland firefighters dying from exposure is long overdue. But it's not enough to pay families after the damage is done.
We need masks, research, and real protections on the frontlines. Democrats will keep fighting until these heroes get the care they deserve.
We need masks, research, and real protections on the frontlines. Democrats will keep fighting until these heroes get the care they deserve.
House Republicans used their final day to pass handouts to polluters, foreign mining companies, and the NRA.
Everyone else? A lump of coal.
Everyone else? A lump of coal.
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
House Republicans used their final day to pass handouts to polluters, foreign mining companies, and the NRA.
Everyone else? A lump of coal.
Everyone else? A lump of coal.
What if you couldn't stop a pipeline, even after proving it would poison your water?
Republicans named this bill the "SPEED Act" and they are absolutely counting on you not reading it.
Here's what they’re not telling you (a 🧵)
Republicans named this bill the "SPEED Act" and they are absolutely counting on you not reading it.
Here's what they’re not telling you (a 🧵)
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What if you couldn't stop a pipeline, even after proving it would poison your water?
Republicans named this bill the "SPEED Act" and they are absolutely counting on you not reading it.
Here's what they’re not telling you (a 🧵)
Republicans named this bill the "SPEED Act" and they are absolutely counting on you not reading it.
Here's what they’re not telling you (a 🧵)
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I was just at a @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing on my bill that identifies best practices for efficient and environmentally responsible geothermal permitting. Attacks on clean energy are costing Americans, killing hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs, and intensifying the climate crisis.
December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I was just at a @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing on my bill that identifies best practices for efficient and environmentally responsible geothermal permitting. Attacks on clean energy are costing Americans, killing hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs, and intensifying the climate crisis.
GOP priorities:
✅ Investigate nonprofits for winning lawsuits fair and square to protect public lands.
✅ Ignore American oil companies colluding with foreign cartels to jack up gas prices.
Make it make sense.
✅ Investigate nonprofits for winning lawsuits fair and square to protect public lands.
✅ Ignore American oil companies colluding with foreign cartels to jack up gas prices.
Make it make sense.
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
GOP priorities:
✅ Investigate nonprofits for winning lawsuits fair and square to protect public lands.
✅ Ignore American oil companies colluding with foreign cartels to jack up gas prices.
Make it make sense.
✅ Investigate nonprofits for winning lawsuits fair and square to protect public lands.
✅ Ignore American oil companies colluding with foreign cartels to jack up gas prices.
Make it make sense.
Glorifying himself.
This is what dictators do.
This is what dictators do.
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Glorifying himself.
This is what dictators do.
This is what dictators do.
On Native American Heritage Day, Democrats are fighting to uplift Native voices, work to advance their priorities, and defend tribal sovereignty against those who seek to undermine it.
We will never stop standing with Tribal nations.
We will never stop standing with Tribal nations.
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On Native American Heritage Day, Democrats are fighting to uplift Native voices, work to advance their priorities, and defend tribal sovereignty against those who seek to undermine it.
We will never stop standing with Tribal nations.
We will never stop standing with Tribal nations.
President Trump is actively making your life more expensive.
Americans need cheaper energy and lower costs. But all he's done is wage a war on clean energy that would actually make that happen.
@rephuffman.bsky.social: "I've been taking notes... Just remember, you started it."
Americans need cheaper energy and lower costs. But all he's done is wage a war on clean energy that would actually make that happen.
@rephuffman.bsky.social: "I've been taking notes... Just remember, you started it."
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
President Trump is actively making your life more expensive.
Americans need cheaper energy and lower costs. But all he's done is wage a war on clean energy that would actually make that happen.
@rephuffman.bsky.social: "I've been taking notes... Just remember, you started it."
Americans need cheaper energy and lower costs. But all he's done is wage a war on clean energy that would actually make that happen.
@rephuffman.bsky.social: "I've been taking notes... Just remember, you started it."
This is exactly it. All Trump and the GOP have done is KILL clean energy projects left and right to cut deals for their polluter buddies.
To actually have real negotiations on permitting reform, they must first stop their war on clean energy.
To actually have real negotiations on permitting reform, they must first stop their war on clean energy.
Today, SEEC, @newdems.bsky.social, @usprogressives.bsky.social leaders @dorismatsui.bsky.social, @reppaultonko.bsky.social, @quigley.house.gov, @repschneider.bsky.social, @repilhan.bsky.social released a joint statement on the current status of permitting reform negotiations in Congress. 🧵(1/8)
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is exactly it. All Trump and the GOP have done is KILL clean energy projects left and right to cut deals for their polluter buddies.
To actually have real negotiations on permitting reform, they must first stop their war on clean energy.
To actually have real negotiations on permitting reform, they must first stop their war on clean energy.
Americans deserve better. Definitely better than whatever House Republicans are cooking up for their billionaire buddies.
We deserve clean, reliable energy, good-paying jobs & affordable healthcare. Democrats won't sacrifice our health, environment, or livelihoods for polluter profits.
We deserve clean, reliable energy, good-paying jobs & affordable healthcare. Democrats won't sacrifice our health, environment, or livelihoods for polluter profits.
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Americans deserve better. Definitely better than whatever House Republicans are cooking up for their billionaire buddies.
We deserve clean, reliable energy, good-paying jobs & affordable healthcare. Democrats won't sacrifice our health, environment, or livelihoods for polluter profits.
We deserve clean, reliable energy, good-paying jobs & affordable healthcare. Democrats won't sacrifice our health, environment, or livelihoods for polluter profits.
The Republican shutdown is over, but millions are still struggling to afford healthcare and food.
House Republicans' first priority?
NOT helping hardworking Americans, but jamming through more favors for billionaire polluters.
House Republicans' first priority?
NOT helping hardworking Americans, but jamming through more favors for billionaire polluters.
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Republican shutdown is over, but millions are still struggling to afford healthcare and food.
House Republicans' first priority?
NOT helping hardworking Americans, but jamming through more favors for billionaire polluters.
House Republicans' first priority?
NOT helping hardworking Americans, but jamming through more favors for billionaire polluters.
Families are waiting in food bank lines. Millions of federal workers are either furloughed or working without paychecks.
And *this* is what y'all are focused on? Throwing Gatsby themed parties, building ballrooms, and handing out favors for your billionaire buddies? Shame.
And *this* is what y'all are focused on? Throwing Gatsby themed parties, building ballrooms, and handing out favors for your billionaire buddies? Shame.
🚨 Today, the Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey released the final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, identifying 60 minerals essential to our economy, national security and way of life.🧵
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Families are waiting in food bank lines. Millions of federal workers are either furloughed or working without paychecks.
And *this* is what y'all are focused on? Throwing Gatsby themed parties, building ballrooms, and handing out favors for your billionaire buddies? Shame.
And *this* is what y'all are focused on? Throwing Gatsby themed parties, building ballrooms, and handing out favors for your billionaire buddies? Shame.
Republicans shamelessly voted for this mess.
Will they finally speak up now that Trump wants to drill off their own coasts? Or will they stay silent while our coasts face the risks of oil slicks?
Will they finally speak up now that Trump wants to drill off their own coasts? Or will they stay silent while our coasts face the risks of oil slicks?
The Trump administration plans to open whole swaths of the East and West Coasts to offshore oil and gas drilling, including areas previously protected for environmental reasons, according to federal documents reviewed by the Houston Chronicle.
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Republicans shamelessly voted for this mess.
Will they finally speak up now that Trump wants to drill off their own coasts? Or will they stay silent while our coasts face the risks of oil slicks?
Will they finally speak up now that Trump wants to drill off their own coasts? Or will they stay silent while our coasts face the risks of oil slicks?
While millions of Americans go without a paycheck during the Republican shutdown, the Trump administration is working overtime to make sure Big Polluters don’t miss theirs.
Polluted waterways. Despoiled national monuments.
The Trump administration just approved a copper mining expansion in Utah near Bears Ears without considering the impacts on local communities.
This was a polluter giveaway in the middle of a government shutdown and they thought nobody would notice.
The Trump administration just approved a copper mining expansion in Utah near Bears Ears without considering the impacts on local communities.
This was a polluter giveaway in the middle of a government shutdown and they thought nobody would notice.
E&E News: ‘Test case’ for NEPA: Fast-tracked mine reviews fuel outcry
BLM is narrowing reviews for proposed mining projects in states like Nevada and Utah. Critics say the agency is on shaky legal ground.
subscriber.politicopro.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
While millions of Americans go without a paycheck during the Republican shutdown, the Trump administration is working overtime to make sure Big Polluters don’t miss theirs.
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Polluted waterways. Despoiled national monuments.
The Trump administration just approved a copper mining expansion in Utah near Bears Ears without considering the impacts on local communities.
This was a polluter giveaway in the middle of a government shutdown and they thought nobody would notice.
The Trump administration just approved a copper mining expansion in Utah near Bears Ears without considering the impacts on local communities.
This was a polluter giveaway in the middle of a government shutdown and they thought nobody would notice.
E&E News: ‘Test case’ for NEPA: Fast-tracked mine reviews fuel outcry
BLM is narrowing reviews for proposed mining projects in states like Nevada and Utah. Critics say the agency is on shaky legal ground.
subscriber.politicopro.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Polluted waterways. Despoiled national monuments.
The Trump administration just approved a copper mining expansion in Utah near Bears Ears without considering the impacts on local communities.
This was a polluter giveaway in the middle of a government shutdown and they thought nobody would notice.
The Trump administration just approved a copper mining expansion in Utah near Bears Ears without considering the impacts on local communities.
This was a polluter giveaway in the middle of a government shutdown and they thought nobody would notice.
If they can do this to the White House, imagine what they’d do to Yosemite or the Lincoln Memorial.
ABC News released before-and-after satellite images of the White House demolition.
October 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If they can do this to the White House, imagine what they’d do to Yosemite or the Lincoln Memorial.
Trump is using the Republican shutdown to give Big Oil exactly what it wants: drilling right off our beaches and coasts.
Ranking Member @rephuffman.bsky.social: “This sneak attack on our coasts is the worst-case scenario we’ve warned about for years.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Ranking Member @rephuffman.bsky.social: “This sneak attack on our coasts is the worst-case scenario we’ve warned about for years.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Trump is using the Republican shutdown to give Big Oil exactly what it wants: drilling right off our beaches and coasts.
Ranking Member @rephuffman.bsky.social: “This sneak attack on our coasts is the worst-case scenario we’ve warned about for years.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Ranking Member @rephuffman.bsky.social: “This sneak attack on our coasts is the worst-case scenario we’ve warned about for years.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump's $300 MILLION ballroom is being paid for by corporations w/ active federal contracts and crypto firms tied to his allies.
RM @rephuffman.bsky.social, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov RM Robert Garcia & @repyassansari.bsky.social are demanding EVERY record on these raging conflicts of interest.
RM @rephuffman.bsky.social, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov RM Robert Garcia & @repyassansari.bsky.social are demanding EVERY record on these raging conflicts of interest.
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Trump's $300 MILLION ballroom is being paid for by corporations w/ active federal contracts and crypto firms tied to his allies.
RM @rephuffman.bsky.social, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov RM Robert Garcia & @repyassansari.bsky.social are demanding EVERY record on these raging conflicts of interest.
RM @rephuffman.bsky.social, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov RM Robert Garcia & @repyassansari.bsky.social are demanding EVERY record on these raging conflicts of interest.
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Every day more Americans get notices they won’t be able to afford Republicans’ new health care rates, yet Trump is more focused on meddling in foreign imports, buying new private jets, and building a gilded ballroom.
We're almost 4 weeks into the shutdown, and they're still nowhere to be seen.
We're almost 4 weeks into the shutdown, and they're still nowhere to be seen.
October 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Every day more Americans get notices they won’t be able to afford Republicans’ new health care rates, yet Trump is more focused on meddling in foreign imports, buying new private jets, and building a gilded ballroom.
We're almost 4 weeks into the shutdown, and they're still nowhere to be seen.
We're almost 4 weeks into the shutdown, and they're still nowhere to be seen.
Maybe literally anything else Americans are struggling with could be a priority? Cost of living? Health care? National security?
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Maybe literally anything else Americans are struggling with could be a priority? Cost of living? Health care? National security?
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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Donald Trump is demolishing part of the White House—the People’s House—to build his own grand ballroom and put his billionaire friends’ names all over it.
@robertgarcia.house.gov, @repyassansari.bsky.social, and @naturalresources.bsky.social's @rephuffman.bsky.social are demanding answers.
@robertgarcia.house.gov, @repyassansari.bsky.social, and @naturalresources.bsky.social's @rephuffman.bsky.social are demanding answers.
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Donald Trump is demolishing part of the White House—the People’s House—to build his own grand ballroom and put his billionaire friends’ names all over it.
@robertgarcia.house.gov, @repyassansari.bsky.social, and @naturalresources.bsky.social's @rephuffman.bsky.social are demanding answers.
@robertgarcia.house.gov, @repyassansari.bsky.social, and @naturalresources.bsky.social's @rephuffman.bsky.social are demanding answers.
They shut down the government, fired thousands of workers, and then tore down the East Wing to build Trump his palace.
The only thing this White House serves is Trump’s ego.
The only thing this White House serves is Trump’s ego.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show.
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
They shut down the government, fired thousands of workers, and then tore down the East Wing to build Trump his palace.
The only thing this White House serves is Trump’s ego.
The only thing this White House serves is Trump’s ego.
While Americans go without paychecks or healthcare, Trump is demolishing the East Wing to build himself a private $250 million gilded ballroom funded by billionaires.
🚨🚨 Ranking Members @rephuffman.bsky.social, @robertgarcia.bsky.social & @repyassansari.bsky.social are demanding FULL TRANSPARENCY.
🚨🚨 Ranking Members @rephuffman.bsky.social, @robertgarcia.bsky.social & @repyassansari.bsky.social are demanding FULL TRANSPARENCY.
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
While Americans go without paychecks or healthcare, Trump is demolishing the East Wing to build himself a private $250 million gilded ballroom funded by billionaires.
🚨🚨 Ranking Members @rephuffman.bsky.social, @robertgarcia.bsky.social & @repyassansari.bsky.social are demanding FULL TRANSPARENCY.
🚨🚨 Ranking Members @rephuffman.bsky.social, @robertgarcia.bsky.social & @repyassansari.bsky.social are demanding FULL TRANSPARENCY.
TRUMP ADMIN ANNOUNCES NEXT PHASE IN WHITE HOUSE DEMOLITION. GILDED BALLROOM AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
TRUMP ADMIN ANNOUNCES NEXT PHASE IN WHITE HOUSE DEMOLITION. GILDED BALLROOM AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
If you love our public lands, this hits you.
Republicans shut down the government so Americans can’t see what they’re doing: firing over 2,000 park rangers and staff who protect our parks and wildlife so Big Oil can cash in when this is all over.
Republicans shut down the government so Americans can’t see what they’re doing: firing over 2,000 park rangers and staff who protect our parks and wildlife so Big Oil can cash in when this is all over.
The Interior Department plans to “imminently” fire at least 2,000 employees across the agency, including hundreds of National Park Service employees, according to a Monday legal filing.
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Interior Department Cuts Would Hit Major National Parks, Per New Court Filing
The Interior Department’s reduction-in-force plans include hundreds of workers for the National Park Service, and employees managing oil and gas leasing in Utah.
www.notus.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you love our public lands, this hits you.
Republicans shut down the government so Americans can’t see what they’re doing: firing over 2,000 park rangers and staff who protect our parks and wildlife so Big Oil can cash in when this is all over.
Republicans shut down the government so Americans can’t see what they’re doing: firing over 2,000 park rangers and staff who protect our parks and wildlife so Big Oil can cash in when this is all over.