United States Senate Environment Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety

The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety is a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

History

The subcommittee was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, but was renamed during committee organization of the 110th Congress, after responsibility over global warming issues transferred to the Subcommittees on Public Sector Solutions and Subcommittee on Private Sector Solutions to Global Warming. The subcommittee still retains some inherent oversight over global warming issues due to its jurisdiction over the federal Clean Air Act.

Clean Air Issues
- Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)
- Clean Air Act
- Indoor Air
- Air pollution
Nuclear Issues
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Nuclear Plant Safety
- Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy
Other issues
- Tennessee Valley Authority

Majority^[1]	Minority^[1]
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming, Chair Kevin Cramer, North Dakota John Curtis, Utah Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Pete Ricketts, Nebraska Roger Wicker, Mississippi John Boozman, Arkansas Jon Husted, Ohio	Mark Kelly, Arizona, Ranking Member Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[2] Jeff Merkley, Oregon Ed Markey, Massachusetts Alex Padilla, California Adam Schiff, California Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware
Ex officio
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia	Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island

Majority	Minority
Ed Markey, Massachusetts, Chair Ben Cardin, Maryland Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[2] Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Jeff Merkley, Oregon Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Alex Padilla, California	Pete Ricketts, Nebraska, Ranking Member Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Roger Wicker, Mississippi Dan Sullivan, Alaska Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Ex officio
Tom Carper, Delaware	Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

^ ^a ^b "Capito, Whitehouse Announce EPW Subcommittee Assignments for the 119th Congress". U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works. January 28, 2025.
^ ^a ^b Independent senator that caucuses with Democrats.

v t e Current United States Senate Environment subcommittees
Current	Transportation and Infrastructure Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
Defunct	Children's Health Green Jobs and the New Economy