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100 Days of Destruction

April 24, 2025 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.

Interior Department Opens Door to Expansive Offshore Drilling Plan

April 18, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the start of a planning process to develop a new five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program that could dramatically expand drilling across U.S. waters.

Trump Moves to Gut NOAA’s Climate Research

April 11, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump administration is moving to eliminate the research arm of NOAA and end the agency's support for weather and climate research.

Court Rules Interior Failed to Assess Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Lease Sale

March 28, 2025 ReactionUnited States

A federal court has ruled that the Interior Department's approval of a massive offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico violated federal environmental law.

Colorado Bill to Encourage Cleaner Construction Enters First Committee Hearing

March 12, 2025 Press ReleaseColorado

Today, a bipartisan bill to incentivize carbon emissions reductions for construction materials enters its first committee hearing.

Environmental Groups Sue to Block Trump’s Repeal of Offshore Drilling Protections

February 19, 2025 Press ReleaseArctic, East

A coalition of environmental organizations, led by the NRDC and Earthjustice, sued to challenge President Trump’s executive order that revokes protections for more than 625 million acres of ocean.

Trump Executive Orders Jeopardize Our Oceans

February 7, 2025 BackgrounderUnited StatesValerie Cleland, Rebecca Loomis

Repealing protections and expediting permitting in a zeal to "drill, baby, drill" will only lead to disastrous "spills, baby, spills."

Trump’s Executive Orders Mean Real Damage to U.S. Economy, Communities, and Clean Energy Gains

February 3, 2025 Ed Board MemoUnited States, InternationalManish Bapna

Nobody voted for any of this—and it’s not what most of the country wants. 

Trump's Offshore Drilling Rollback Threatens Oceans, Coastal Economies, and Communities

January 21, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

President Trump’s rollback of offshore drilling protections prioritizes Big Oil profits over ocean health and coastal economies.

Doug Burgum’s Nomination Raises Concerns For Our Public Lands

January 16, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Senate held a confirmation hearing for Doug Burgum, President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior.

U.S. Government Agrees to Halt Seafood Imports Tied to Deadly Bycatch of Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Mammals

January 16, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, International

Conservation groups reached an agreement today that will require the United States to stop importing seafood that does not meet U.S. standards for protecting marine mammals.

Biden Announces Offshore Leasing Ban

January 6, 2025 ReactionWashington

President Biden permanently banned new oil and gas leasing today from United States’ waters off the Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast of California, Oregon, and Washington, the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and an area in Alaska’s Bering Sea.

Treasury Issues Final Guidance on Hydrogen Tax Credits

January 3, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington

The U.S. Department of Treasury released final guidance today for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 45V clean hydrogen tax credit.

New DOE Study Reveals LNG Exports Pose Major Risks

December 17, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States, International

A long-awaited study from the U.S. Department of Energy highlights the devastating environmental and economic impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

International Treaty Negotiations Fail to Stem the Tide of Plastics

December 1, 2024 ReactionInternational

Fossil fuel industry and its government sponsors block efforts to curb harmful plastics pollution found in oceans, air, and human bodies.

Oregon Doubles Down on State Climate Leadership

November 21, 2024 Press ReleaseOregon

In a win for state climate leadership, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission voted today to restore Oregon’s cornerstone Climate Protection Program.

Lutnick Picked to Lead Department of Commerce

November 19, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Howard Lutnick is a billionaire businessman and the CEO of the global financial services firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BCG Group. If confirmed, Lutnick will oversee two organizations on Project 2025’s chopping block: the National Weather Service and NOAA.

Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Marine Mammals from Foreign Fishing Gear, Enforce Seafood Import Bans  

August 8, 2024 Press ReleaseUnited States, International

Conservation groups sued several federal officials and departments today in the U.S. Court of International Trade over their failure to implement the import provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

NRDC Report: How Retailers are Selling Forest Destruction 

June 25, 2024 Press ReleaseUnited States

Costco, Walmart, Home Depot, Kroger, and more are profiting from harms to biodiverse and climate-critical forests.

U.S. and China Agree to Step Up Action for Climate

May 10, 2024 Press ReleaseInternational, United States

WASHINGTON - The United States and China have come to agreement, after extensive dialogue, on how to collectively meet major climate targets in the coming decades.