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EPA Seeks to Gut PFAS Protections, Leaving Millions Exposed to Toxic Forever Chemicals in Tap Water

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to eliminate key current standards set to protect people from unsafe levels of PFAS “forever chemicals” in drinking water, reversing legal protections adopted in 2024. Additionally, the EPA has reversed course and stopped…

Trump EPA Rejects Hawaiʻi's Clean Air Plan, Preventing Utility's Own Requests to Retire Aging Oil-Burning Plants

Press ReleaseHonolulu
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency finalized its rejection of Hawaiʻi's Regional Haze State Implementation Plan on Friday.

House Transportation Bill Would Stick Americans With New Fees, Higher Costs

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released legislation that would set priorities and funding for federally funded transportation over the next five years.

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States Challenge Trump’s Order to Block Wind Power

Press ReleaseUnited States, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C.
Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit today in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s presidential memorandum that attempted to block new wind energy projects.

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.

Burgum Halts Empire Wind Project

Press ReleaseNew York
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum put out a social media post and memo ordering a halt to construction on the Empire Wind offshore wind project.

The Pulse on California’s Legislative Session

BackgrounderCaliforniaVictoria Rome

The state's environmental and climate advocates, as well our allies in the legislature, are working to advance environmental goals, protect public health, and bolster community resilience to our changing climate.

Colorado’s Opportunity to Clean Up Electricity 

BackgrounderColoradoAlana Miller

Proposed legislation in Colorado would set targets for electric utilities to reduce emissions from electricity generation through 2040, with customer protections on cost and reliability. 

A Good Transmission Line Is Hard to Find

BackgrounderGeorgiaJossie Steinberg, Patrick King II

The 2025 Georgia Power Integrated Resource Plan: It’s not about peanuts, but a different kind of crop. 

New Proposal Gives North Carolina Companies a Pass to Pollute PFAS

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The state Water Quality Committee advanced a proposed rule on PFAS pollution that would allow corporate polluters to self-regulate and avoid penalties for dumping “forever chemicals” into surface waters that provide drinking water for more than 3.5 million North Carolinians. 

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.

The State of the Union is Dire

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