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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The Department of the Interior repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, eliminating the regulatory requirement that conservation be weighed alongside mining, drilling, timber, and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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FERC Approves Polluting LNG Export Terminal

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee reapproved the Calcasieu Pass 2 liquefied natural gas export terminal on Friday, essentially greenlighting the polluting project.

House Passes Harmful Tax Measure

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States
The House of Representatives passed a massive legislative package delivering tax cuts for billionaires.

House Bill Would Destroy Public Lands, Forests, and Oceans

BackgrounderUnited StatesJosh Axelrod, Kabir Green, Garett Rose, Valerie Cleland

Destructive proposal sells off public lands; boosts fossil fuels, mining, clearcutting; and includes “pay-to-play" scheme granting industry a shield from judicial review.

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.

Trump Tries to Prop up Dirty Coal Plants—Again

Press ReleaseUnited States
After trying and failing to prop up old, uneconomic, and dirty coal plants during his first term, President Trump’s administration is unveiling a new plan to try to boost coal mining and keep these aging plants from closing.

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.

How Western States Can Save the Colorado River

Press ReleaseLos Angeles
A new report from the UCLA Institute of Environment & Sustainability and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) demonstrates the importance of wastewater recycling for the mitigation of the outsized and much-litigated water demands placed on Colorado River. Recycling treated wastewater…

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.