Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, will be at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil starting Friday.
The federal government shutdown and this week’s congressional sessions to end it forced many lawmakers to cancel their trips to the U.N. climate talks in the Brazilian city of Belém.
Whitehouse, one of Congress’ fiercest climate action hawks, was initially unsure whether he would make it. His office confirmed the trip Thursday evening.
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A release said Whitehouse would highlight the Trump administration’s work against climate action and would call for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to account for the climate impacts of trade.
