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The Potomac Sewage Spill Is a Reminder that We Need to Fund Our Nation’s Wastewater Infrastructure

March 16, 2026 BackgrounderMaryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C.Becky Hammer

The cost of doing nothing is far higher than the cost of fixing the problem now.

Groups Push to Block Arctic Refuge Drilling Plan

January 14, 2026 Press ReleaseArctic

Updated complaint restarts paused litigation and challenges Interior’s 2025 move to readopt Trump‑era program opening all 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing.

Shortsighted Pause on Offshore Wind Projects Could Kill Jobs and Increase Electric Bills

December 22, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, New York, Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Trump administration “pauses” fully permitted offshore wind projects, escalating its war on clean energy.

Interior’s Repeal of the NPR-A Protections Threatens the Western Arctic

November 13, 2025 Press ReleaseArctic

The Interior rescinded the 2024 Bureau of Land Management rule governing the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, dismantling essential safeguards for the single-largest ecologically intact landscape in the United States.

Amid Shutdown, Trump Administration and Congress Move to Sell Off 1.56 Million Acres in the Arctic Refuge for Oil and Gas

October 23, 2025 Press ReleaseArctic

Expanded leasing on the refuge's coastal plain threatens Indigenous communities, wildlife, and taxpayers.

Rising Demand from Data Centers Driving Reliability, Cost Concerns

October 22, 2025 Press ReleaseIllinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey

Experts warn residents in PJM states could see forced blackouts and $163 billion in additional electricity capacity costs hitting power bills from 2028-2033.

Administration Advances Ambler Mining Road through Alaskan National Park

October 6, 2025 ReactionAlaska

A presidential memoranda directs agencies to permit a 211‑mile industrial road across the Brooks Range, threatening caribou, salmon, and Alaska Native subsistence.

Interior Halts Revolution Wind Project

August 25, 2025 Press ReleaseRhode Island, Connecticut

BOEM’s unprecedented order could hurt workers, electricity customers, and grid reliability.

10 States Complete Review of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

July 3, 2025 Press ReleaseMaine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, East

The states have announced the next phase of the program through 2037, which includes a power plant carbon emissions reduction trajectory to keep states in the region moving toward their climate goals.

Administration Announces Roadless Rule Rollback, Setting Stage to Open 58 Million Acres to Logging

June 23, 2025 ReactionUnited States, Alaska

The USDA announced it would rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, a provision that generally prohibits commercial logging and road construction on 58.5 million acres across the National Forest System.

Trump Administration Moves to Strip Western Arctic Protections, Opening the Door to Expanded Drilling

June 2, 2025 ReactionArctic

The Trump administration today proposed rescinding critical protections for 13 million acres in the Western Arctic.

House Natural Resources Would Give Oil Industry Free Rein on Public Lands, Waters

May 2, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Arctic, Alaska, Minnesota

The House Committee on Natural Resources released its bill text that would be part of the massive tax cut measure for billionaires the majority in Congress is developing.

Lawmakers Move to Lock in Permanent Protections for the Arctic Refuge

April 29, 2025 ReactionArctic

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), standing with Gwich’in Tribal leaders, today re-introduced the Arctic Refuge Protection Act.

Interior Department Moves to Dismantle Landmark Public Lands Conservation Rule

April 17, 2025 ReactionAlaska, United States

The U.S. Department of the Interior is taking steps to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule and eliminate key protections for 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska.

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 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.

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.

BLM Poised to Protect 28 Million Acres of Alaska Public Lands 

June 28, 2024 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Biden administration is one step closer to protecting 28 million acres of Alaska’s public lands.

White House Announces New Protections For Alaska’s Arctic Wildlands

April 19, 2024 Press ReleaseArctic

WASHINGTON — The Administration announced a new rule that will significantly increase conservation protections across 13 million acres of “Special Areas” in the Arctic Reserve, a critical move to safeguard one of the United States' most pristine and biologically diverse…

Court Asked to Put Brakes on Beltway Toll Lanes Project

June 16, 2023 Press ReleaseMaryland

Environmental and historic preservation groups asked a federal court to put the brakes on Maryland’s plan to build new toll lanes along the Capital Beltway and I-270.