Interior Department moves to open large swaths of California to fracking April 25, 2019 Trump Watch The plan could spell disaster for the state's drinking water and climate goals.
EPA creates new water pollution loophole April 16, 2019 Trump Watch It's not the administration's first attack on the Clean Water Act.
Oil-hungry Interior dismantles landmark sage grouse conservation plan March 15, 2019 Trump Watch That's bad news for hundreds of other western species, too.
Trump lifts sales restrictions on smog-forming ethanol March 15, 2019 Trump Watch That's good news for corn farmers—and bad news for the rest of us.
Interior proposes cutting the gray wolf’s “recovery” short March 6, 2019 Trump Watch The reality is that the gray wolf has a long way to go.
The Energy Department wants to roadblock no-brainer standards that save electricity February 6, 2019 Trump Watch American consumers will pay the price.
Energy Department wants to ditch responsibility for its radioactive waste January 9, 2019 Trump Watch A final solution to the decades-old nuclear waste is still elusive—but this sure isn't it.
Trump’s EPA just let Big Coal become even dirtier by rolling back mercury emissions rules December 28, 2018 Trump Watch Tens of thousands of lives are at stake.
The EPA's new Dirty Water Rule risks millions of people’s drinking water supply December 11, 2018 Trump Watch The proposal would let industry polluters—like oil drillers, developers, and Big Ag—off the hook.
Despite dire climate warnings, the Trump administration wants to pave the way for more coal-burning power plants December 6, 2018 Trump Watch Apparently it wasn't listening its own scientists' warnings of impending climate disaster.
Americans came together to save the sage grouse—now Trump wants to gut the effort for a quick buck December 6, 2018 Trump Watch Without habitat protections, the sage grouse—and hundreds of other species in the American west—will suffer.
White House waters down role of climate change in 10-year oceans plan December 5, 2018 Trump Watch It's not the first time the administration has stripped critical science from its reports.
Seismic blasting in the Atlantic could help drive the right whale to extinction. The Trump administration just OK’d it anyway. November 30, 2018 Trump Watch The noise is akin to dynamite going off—outside your window, every 10 seconds.
Interior Department moves to open Alaskan reserve to more oil drilling November 20, 2018 Trump Watch The move puts iconic species like caribou, wolves, and musk oxen at risk.
The EPA is offering polluters a loophole to increase air pollution and avoid cleanup equipment November 7, 2018 Trump Watch Industry will save money, while public health suffers.
EPA considers toxic fumes from factory farms “natural odor” October 31, 2018 Trump Watch But the putrid air poses a serious risk to farmers and nearby residents.
EPA lets big polluters send more harmful air pollution into neighboring states October 31, 2018 Trump Watch And it's not even bothering to look at the public health consequences.
The EPA is trying to obscure environmentally risky projects October 24, 2018 Trump Watch Doing so gives polluters a leg up when approving their plans.
Mining industry celebrates after the EPA withdraws proposed safeguards on uranium October 19, 2018 Trump Watch Already scarce groundwater in the western United States will continue to be at risk.
The EPA deletes mentions of how its weakened greenhouse gas rule will impact children's health (and, ahem, overall future) October 3, 2018 Trump Watch But hiding the language doesn't make the risk go away.