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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The Department of the Interior repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, eliminating the regulatory requirement that conservation be weighed alongside mining, drilling, timber, and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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100 Days of Destruction

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams

The Trump administration has averaged at least one destructive action or proposal every single day of its first three months.

127 Groups Tell Congress to Defend Vehicle Standards

Press ReleaseUnited States
A group of 127 wide-ranging organizations urged Congress to reject measures that would undermine standards California put in place to curb pollution from cars and trucks. 

Trump Slashes Help for Power, Heating Bills

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Trump administration eliminated the entire staff working on the Low Income Energy Assistance Program, according to published reports.

DOE Greenlights Dirty LNG Export Terminal

Press ReleaseLouisiana
The U.S. Department of Energy granted conditional authorization for the Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG export terminal today, granting the project conditional authority to export LNG to non-free trade agreement countries.

EPA’s Reckless Move to Halt Clean Energy Grants

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the agency would cancel $20 billion of contracts that are poised to deliver unprecedented clean energy upgrades to homes, businesses, schools, and churches across the nation.

EPA Sides with Polluters in Stunning Surrender

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States
In a stunning surrender of its mandate to protect health and the environment, the EPA announced a slew of major actions within just the last day that would leave millions of Americans with more expensive energy bills, breathing dirtier air…

The State of the Union is Dire

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States
President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tonight.