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Executive Orders Direct a Massive Expansion of Logging on Public Lands

March 5, 2025 BackgrounderUnited StatesGarett Rose

New policy directives prioritize logging industry profits over communities, wildlife, and forest ecosystems.

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.

Executive Order Seeks to Accelerate Widespread Logging in Federal Forests

March 3, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at weakening environmental protections to make widespread commercial logging the guiding purpose of federal forest management.

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.

Trump Administration Trashes Public Protections in Permitting Process: “Reckless Deregulation at Its Worst”

February 21, 2025 ReactionWashington, D.C., United States

The Trump administration has revoked the Council on Environmental Quality’s regulations that guide federal environmental reviews, ending nearly 50 years of precedent.

Trump Interior Secretary’s Orders Make Public Lands Ground Zero for Drilling & Mining

February 20, 2025 BackgrounderUnited StatesJosh Axelrod

The Trump administration hopes to end protections of cherished places and expand oil, gas, and mining on the country’s public lands.

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. 

Over 185 Community, Business, and Environmental Organizations Oppose Proposed Wood Pellet Projects in California   

January 22, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Draft environmental impact report on two proposed Drax plants that would produce more than one million metric tons of wood pellets per year draw comments from over 45,000 individuals.

EPA to Investigate Civil Rights Complaint on Cumulative Air Pollution in Albuquerque

January 21, 2025 Press ReleaseAlbuquerque, New Mexico

In response to a complaint by filed by the Los Jardines Institute and NRDC, the EPA has opened a federal civil rights investigation into whether the city of Albuquerque and its Environmental Health Department are violating the rights of its…

Trump Pushes Arctic Refuge Drilling Despite Industry and Public Opposition

January 21, 2025 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Trump administration announced a new executive order to push drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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.

Zeldin Acknowledges Need for Climate Action

January 16, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Lee Zeldin, the nominee to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate panel today that fossil fuel emissions are causing climate change, a contrast with President-elect Trump’s frequent statements that climate change is a hoax.

Jimmy Carter was Four Decades Ahead of His Time

December 29, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Former President Jimmy Carter has died. 

EPA OKs California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards

December 18, 2024 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted California a waiver to allow it to implement its Advanced Clean Cars II vehicle emissions standards.

President Biden Designates Frances Perkins National Monument to Honor a Trailblazer in American History

December 16, 2024 Press ReleaseMaine

This designation recognizes Perkins’s pivotal role in shaping the New Deal and advancing labor rights that continue to benefit millions of Americans today.

New Arctic Oil-Drilling Lease Sale OK’d

December 9, 2024 Press ReleaseArctic

The Interior Department finalized a legally mandated decision to hold a lease sale for oil and gas development in the Arctic Refuge, one of the nation’s most pristine and treasured wildlife refuges.

FERC Order Sets Aside Approval of CP2 LNG

December 3, 2024 Press ReleaseLouisiana

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission paused its approval of the CP2 liquefied natural gas export facility pending a forthcoming air quality impact study.

General Assembly Poisons Disaster Recovery Efforts with Political Power Grabs

November 21, 2024 Press ReleaseNorth Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The General Assembly returned for a special session this week with plans to pass a second round of Hurricane Helene recovery funding. The storm caused an estimated $53 billion in damage to Western North Carolina when it…

Port of Los Angeles Gets $412 Million from EPA for Cleaner Operations

October 30, 2024 ReactionCalifornia

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Port of Los Angeles $412 million to fund technologies that will cut pollution from freight operations and lead to a transition to zero-emissions technologies.