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The World Has a Biodiversity Plan. Now We Need to Deliver It.

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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

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Data Centers, AI, and the Growing Demand for Energy: Impacts, Risks, and Solutions

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Tell the EPA to protect us from methane leaks

Methane is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide—yet Trump's EPA wants to gut the standards that require oil and gas companies to find and fix methane leaks caused by their drilling operations. Help stop this free pass for the worst polluters.

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Don’t let Big Oil rewrite the rules for the Western Arctic

Following a petition from the oil and gas industry, the Trump administration has proposed allowing reckless drilling projects to move forward in Alaska's Western Arctic without a thorough review. This leaves wildlife, land, water, and local communities at higher risk while cutting the public out of the process. Submit a public comment by November 9 to stop this dangerous plan.
 

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Help block destructive deep sea mining and save our oceans

The Trump administration is trying to push through the world’s first commercial deep sea mining lease sales across 100 million acres off American Samoa and the Mariana Islands. These operations would deploy massive mining equipment across ocean floor ecosystems, smothering marine habitats with toxic debris for hundreds of miles. Speak out before it’s too late.

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