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EPA Greenlights More Toxic Tailpipe Pollution

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed delaying new standards that would limit toxic tailpipe pollution that cause soot and smog.
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The Cost of the United States’ Dependence on Oil

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams
The country's entire economy is more vulnerable to oil price and supply shocks. In a global market, that means there’s one solution: Reduce dependence on oil.

Trump Administration Repeals Landmark Public Lands Rule

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Department of the Interior repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, eliminating the regulatory requirement that conservation be weighed alongside mining, drilling, timber, and grazing across 245 million acres of public lands.

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A Year of Betrayal: EPA Under Lee Zeldin

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesJustin Bar

Administrator Zeldin has put the agency to work for polluters, putting our health and that of our children at risk.

5 Facts About the Endangerment Finding

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesMeredith Hankins

If the EPA scraps the endangerment finding, this would fundamentally undermine the nation’s safety, health, and economic well-being.

Groups Urge Court to End Federal Ban on Clean Energy Projects

Press ReleaseUnited States
Environmental groups weighed in today in support of a coalition of renewable energy industry groups challenging a series of actions taken by the Trump administration to prevent federal permitting for wind and solar energy projects.

Trump’s Actions Will Raise Drivers’ Costs

Press ReleaseUnited States
Freedom’s just another word for paying more at the pump with the Trump administration’s moves to gut fuel economy, emissions standards.

Groups Push to Block Arctic Refuge Drilling Plan

Press ReleaseArctic
Updated complaint restarts paused litigation and challenges Interior’s 2025 move to readopt Trump‑era program opening all 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing.

EPA Said to Ignore Benefit of Saving Lives

ReactionWashington, D.C.
The Environmental Protection Agency is going to stop considering the economic benefits of reducing asthma, heart disease and premature deaths as it repeals limits on air pollutants like mercury, soot and smog, according to published reports.

North Carolina Regulators Approve Self-Policing Policy for PFAS Polluters

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The EMC voted to move forward with proposed rules, written by industry, that allow PFAS polluters in North Carolina to self-report and self-regulate toxic “forever chemicals” discharges into the state’s surface waters, including drinking water supplies.