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EPA Plan Allows Data Centers and other Polluters Build First, Ask Permission Later

May 18, 2026 ReactionWashington, D.C.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed allowing data centers, power plants, and other industrial polluters to complete major  construction on new facilities before obtaining the federal air permits long required under the Clean Air Act.

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

May 18, 2026 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.

EPA Greenlights More Toxic Tailpipe Pollution

May 14, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed delaying new standards that would limit toxic tailpipe pollution that cause soot and smog.

Zeldin’s Devastating Record May Get Him a Promotion

April 2, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

Zeldin’s EPA acted unlawfully to cut protections for clean air and water and abdicate the legal responsibility to tackle climate pollution.

EPA Said to Ignore Benefit of Saving Lives

January 12, 2026 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.

NRDC Rebuts Trump EPA’s Bid to Brush Off Climate

September 23, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

In hundreds of pages of detailed comments filed with the EPA, NRDC and its partners detailed the legal and technical flaws with the Trump administration’s plan to rescind the determination that climate change poses a threat to human health and…

Westerman Bill Would Gut Environmental Review, Silence Communities, and Empower Polluters

July 25, 2025 ReactionUnited States, Washington, D.C.

House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman introduced legislation that would deliver the most sweeping rollback of the National Environmental Policy Act since the law was enacted more than 50 years ago.

Congress Passes Historically Ruinous Tax Bill

July 3, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

In the final legislative step, the House passed a massive tax package that will cut taxes for the wealthiest while gutting incentives for clean energy and electric vehicles and establishing the largest auction in U.S. history of public lands and…

House Passes New Attack on Clean Air Protections

May 22, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The House of Representatives has passed Senate Joint Resolution 31, which would allow more cancer-causing hazardous air pollution from more than 1,800 industrial facilities and evasion from the EPA's longstanding clean air safeguards.

Harmful Tax Measure Passes House Ways and Means

May 14, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The House Committee on Ways and Means passed its part of the massive package delivering tax cuts for billionaires.

4 Reasons the Reconciliation Bill Is a Disaster for Our Communities and Economy

May 14, 2025 Ed Board MemoUnited States, Washington, D.C.Alexandra Adams

It’s time we paid attention to what the administration and its congressional allies have in mind.

House Bill a Giveaway for Polluters, Cuts Health Protections

May 12, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce released its bill text that would be part of a massive tax cut measure for billionaires.

House Tax Measure Would Gut Manufacturing Boom

May 12, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The House Committee on Ways and Means released its bill text for its massive package delivering tax cuts for billionaires.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Reconciliation Language is an “Unacceptable Tradeoff”

April 29, 2025 ReactionWashington, D.C., United States

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released initial reconciliation bill text containing a variety of anti-environmental priorities.

EPA’s Reckless Move to Halt Clean Energy Grants

March 12, 2025 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

March 4, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tonight.

Trump Says EPA Will Cut 65 Percent of Staff

February 26, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

President Trump said today that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to cut up to 65 percent of the agency's staff, an unprecedented move that would catastrophically weaken the EPA's ability to protect human health and the environment.

New Federal Vehicle Charging Funds Halted

February 7, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The Federal Highway Administration halted new funding for state programs to install tens of thousands of new vehicle chargers along highways and at rest stops across the nation. 

Trump’s Chaotic Halt to Federal Grants and Loans

January 28, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

President Trump ordered an immediate across-the-board freeze on grants, loans, and other federal financial assistance.

Trump Will Resume LNG Export Approvals

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

President Trump announced a new executive order that would allow more LNG export facility approvals.