Oil and Gas Industry Halts Its Efforts to Use Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic Ocean
In rare good news, the permits that allow fossil fuel companies to use deafening airguns—which harm many marine species—will expire on November 30 and not b...
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Trump Administration Allows Oil and Gas Drilling in 1.5 Million Acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Interior Department is opening up the entire Coastal Plain of the refuge to polluters—at the expense of Indigenous peoples' traditional ways of life, nume...
NRDC and Partners Sue—Again—Over Flawed Keystone XL Pipeline Approvals
Despite losing in court multiple times, the Trump administration is continuing to try to push through the dirty tar sands pipeline. ...
In Landmark Victory for Indigenous Communities, Dakota Access Pipeline Ordered to Shut Down
The dangerous crude oil pipeline threatened the water supplies and ways of life for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The win underscores the power of dogged defen...
Supreme Court Hands Win to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Developers Looking to Cross Appalachian Trail
But the fight to protect communities, wetlands, and wildlife from the proposed pipeline is far from over....
Trump Takes Moment of National Crisis to Give Polluters an Unprecedented Pass
Amid widespread racist violence and a deadly pandemic, the president has chosen to sidestep bedrock environmental laws that protect the environment and public h...