Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER

Environmentalist. Scientist. Lawyer. Antispecist. Vegan. Defender of those with no voice. Tweets are my personal views. Covid is not over.

[𝕊𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕪 @FromN5_]

We’ve reached a point where a forest needs to justify its existence financially. what a ridiculous way to look at the world

[Sandeep Vaheesan @sandeepvaheesan]

What do we want? Slightly lower power bills!
When do we want it? In 2040!

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@PeteHegseth @POTUS @VP @SecVetAffairs @JennyHegseth Heard you laughing at the tomb of the unknown soldier today. You are a despicable POS and we cannot wait until you are in jail. Shame on you.

[Save East Po @SaveEastPo]

Why do we keep bringing up this obscure Senate permitting bill in a fight about a DC golf course?

Because the only reason a judge could stop this administration at East Potomac, twice, is that courts can still meaningfully review what federal agencies do, and the public still has a real voice in the process.

BAAJA guts both. Narrower definitions of harm. Agencies allowed to unilaterally decide preservation doesn’t matter. Courts limited to toothless remands instead of real injunctions.

East Potomac is what accountability looks like when it still works. BAAJA is what happens when you take it away, here and everywhere.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@bitterwaterblue Thank goodness you’re back. Please help us

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@erincowgill 100%

[Erin @erincowgill]

The “narrow” issues he speaks of are our voice, science, the environment, endangered species, and clean water. Clean water is a narrow interest group issue? And this bill, if passed, cannot be undone by a future president.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

Ummm.

When the fossil fuel industry wants something THIS BADLY, you know it's a problem for the 🌎

[@aweiss.bsky.social Aaron @aweiss]

HAPPENING NOW IN DC: The American Petroleum Institute is handing out free tacos on Capitol Hill because BAAJA locks in all of their oil and gas permits and pipelines.

Seriously.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@RepNancyMace Aren’t you gone yet…?

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

This is the affordability "relief" y'all are talking about.

In 13 years, your bills may go down $5/month. Wow.

HAS EVERYBODY GONE INSANE??? @SenWhitehouse

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she / they) @DoctorVive]

People who will "get some relief quickly" are the tech barons who want pipelines built from extant streams to their behind-the-meter gas plants at data centers w no environmental review.

Voters, by contrast, might have their electricity bills lowered by $5 per month in 14 years

[NATHPO @NATHPO_org]

National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) Executive Director Ira L. Matt (Séliš) issued the following statement in response to tonight’s vote to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA):

[Brad Johnson SUBSCRIBE TO HILLHEAT.NEWS @climatebrad]

New statement from @janekleeb on #BAAJA: "Democrats won big on the promise to fight for working people and against DC corruption. We don't need to take a permitting reform deal written by MAGA and Big Oil now. We can and should take this up when Democrats are in the majority."

[Jimmy Tobias @JamesCTobias]

An example of what permitting is *really* like under the Trump administration: Emails show Interior delivered new drilling permits for Burgum’s billionaire ally https://t.co/JpBbSyhwDU via @highcountrynews

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@SenatorSlotkin These discussions better result in a NO vote. The entire EPW committee - except for Whitehouse - voted NO. Trump said YESTERDAY he would not permit any wind. This is a gift to the fossil fuel industry. PLEASE - think. Vote no.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

Hey, Dem Senators...whatcha doing???

[Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman]

Trump just told me at the White House podium that he is not going to approve any wind turbines, despite the bipartisan permitting bill that is about to be voted on in the Senate

[Jason Rylander 🌎☮️🕊️ @JasonRylander]

For the love of all things, I want to be wrong about BAAJA. But I've been doing this work a long time. The losses are significant. The gains are questionable. I can't help but think I've seen this movie before. Industry will get theirs and the promised improvements won't happen.

[Chris Knight @chrispknight]

On eve of key BAAJA vote, Trump says "no I will not approve wind turbines" and that wind turbines are a "major loser"

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@DedicatedROW Nope. Read the bill.

Also, the oil companies and Trump love it. No red flags…?

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

The Senate should wait until after January 3rd. why are they rushing this through? #BAAJA is awful.

[Sierra Club @SierraClub]

🚨 WEEKEND UPDATE: Senators released a manager’s amendment to the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 on Saturday, but major substantive issues remain.

While the amendment addresses some concerns, the bill still threatens Tribal sovereignty and people’s right to have a say in what is built in their communities, abandons clean water safeguards and wildlife protections, and further enables a president waging war on clean energy and our public lands.

With a procedural vote scheduled for today, the Senate must allow an open amendment process for additional changes to be made. Senate Democrats can and must fight for a better deal.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

This is who you are climbing in bed with, @SenWhitehouse ...

[Vice President JD Vance @VP]

Thanks to President Donald J. Trump, AMERICAN ENERGY IS BACK!

–– President Trump opened hundreds of millions of acres for oil, gas, and coal production, and reinvigorated America's beautiful clean coal industry.

–– The US set a world liquified natural gas export record in 2025 making it the first country ever to ship more than 100 million metric tons in a single year.

–– US LNG exports rose 23% in the first half of 2026 to 17.4 billion cubic feet per day.

–– The US achieved record domestic oil and gas production in 2025 and America is on track for another record year of crude oil production in 2026, averaging 13.8 million barrels per day.

–– President Trump secured the biggest oil deal in world history, delivering the US majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Venezuela.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@gribbo586 This will not HELP climate change. It will exacerbate it.

Also, just FYI, climate change is not the thing to fix. It's ecological overreach. Climate change is a symptom of ecological overreach. We need to fix climate change, loss of habitat, chemical pollution, etc.