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EPA proposes to weaken safeguards against coal ash pollution in groundwater, threatening community drinking water sources around the country

April 9, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed rollbacks to regulations that require coal-burning power plants to monitor and clean up their toxic coal ash that contaminates groundwater.

Interior Department Plans to Recombine Offshore Agencies Split After Deepwater Horizon Disaster

April 3, 2026 ReactionWashington, D.C.

Interior Department Plans to Recombine Offshore Agencies Split After Deepwater Horizon Disaster

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.

Trump Administration is Pursuing Exempting Gulf Oil and Gas Program from Endangered Species Protections

March 16, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

The Trump administration announced today it will convene the Endangered Species Committee, or so-called “God Squad,” a rarely used committee that has the power to condemn an endangered species to extinction, in an attempt to permanently exempt the federal Gulf…

Senate Republicans Seek to Weaken Nation’s Toxic Chemical Law

March 4, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

Senate Republicans put forward proposed legislation to rewrite the nation’s most important law protecting the public from toxic chemicals in the Environment and Public Works Committee hearing held today.

NOAA Proposal to Weaken Vessel Speed Regulation Would Be Catastrophic to North Atlantic Right Whales

March 3, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it is considering “deregulatory action” to undo federal vessel-speed protections that protect endangered North Atlantic right whales

NRDC investor briefing warns Sempra’s Vista Pacífico LNG project faces high financial and reputational risk

February 26, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

NRDC investor briefing warns Sempra’s Vista Pacífico LNG project faces high financial and reputational risk

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.

Trump Energy Tax Signed into Law

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

President Trump signed the deeply unpopular tax and spend budget reconciliation legislation.

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…

Senate Passes Measure that Will Hike Electricity Bills and Hand Public Lands to Oil Drillers

July 1, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The massive legislative package would gut tax incentives for clean energy and electric vehicles and auction off millions of acres of public lands to oil drillers and other extractive industries.

House Passes Harmful Tax Measure

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

The House of Representatives passed a massive legislative 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.

Natural Resources Committee Sells Off Public Lands in the Dead of Night

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

The House Committee on Natural Resources advanced a sweeping set of environmental rollbacks, pushing through provisions that would sell off public lands, expand fossil fuel leasing, and gut bedrock protections.

Interior Pushes Illegal Plan to Rush Oil Drilling, Mining Projects

April 24, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced it will invoke “emergency” authority to fast-track fossil fuel and mining projects on public lands and in federal waters. 

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.

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.

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.