Environmental Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Effort to Repeal Clean Power Plan by Press on November 17, 2015 Press Author More in Environmental: People Outside Will Be Injured: Severe Thunderstorms Strike Park Forest March 31, 2026 Park Forest Officials Urge Residents to Protect Pipes as Coldest Air of the Season Continues December 14, 2025 Park Forest Workshops Join Global Effort to Prevent Bird Collisions August 21, 2025 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting to stop a bill that would repeal the Clean Power Plan.