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Trump Energy EO and Keystone XL: “The Industry and the World Have Moved On”

January 24, 2025 Press ReleaseNebraska, North Dakota, Alberta, Montana, South Dakota

The Trump administration released an executive order this week that attempts to reinstate a cross-border permits to help “restart” the Keystone XL pipeline—a controversial project that the developer walked away from in 2021 after more than a decade of fighting.

Trump Spits into the Wind

January 23, 2025 Expert BlogUnited StatesNathanael Greene

The president's roadblocks on the wind industry threatens thousands of jobs and billions in clean energy investments.

California Climate & Energy Update

January 23, 2025 Expert BlogCaliforniaMerrian Borgeson, Yahya Yaziji

California is making strides in reducing emissions while the economy continues to grow. 

Paris Climate Agreement: Everything You Need to Know

January 23, 2025 GuideInternationalMelissa Denchak, Shelia Hu

The Paris Agreement charted a new course in the effort to combat global climate change, requiring countries to make commitments and progressively strengthen them. Here’s what the accord seeks to achieve, and why our future may depend on its success.

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.

New Reports Confirm UK Can Reach Clean Energy Targets Without Drax

January 22, 2025 Expert BlogUnited KingdomMatt Williams

The United Kingdom doesn’t need bioenergy, plain and simple.

Trump Revokes Federal Flood Protections Again

January 22, 2025 Expert BlogUnited StatesJoel Scata

This puts homes, schools, and critical infrastructure increasingly at risk.

No, We’re Not in an Emergency Energy Crisis

January 22, 2025 ExplainerUnited States, InternationalJenny Shalant

But Trump wasted no time trying to justify opening newly protected federal lands in Alaska to drilling.

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.

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.

Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget Lacks Essential Climate Policies: Cap-and-Invest and the NY HEAT Act

January 21, 2025 Press ReleaseNew York

As part of her Executive Budget released today, Governor Hochul did not include a promised cap-and-invest program or the NY HEAT Act.

Opposition to GSNR

January 20, 2025 Expert BlogCaliforniaRita Vaughan Frost

Nearly 50,000 people, elected officials, and over 185 organizations call on California to reject GSNR's wood pellet production and export project.

President Trump’s Energy EO: “There Is No Energy Emergency. There Is a Climate Emergency”

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

According to media reports, President Trump declared an energy emergency, launching a wholesale rollback of successful climate and energy policies that are already creating jobs, cutting consumer costs, and strengthening the economy.

Trump Pulls United States Out of Paris: Cutting “U.S. Climate Leadership Adrift”

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseInternational, Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump said today he would withdraw U.S. participation from the landmark 2015 Paris cliate agreement, the framework for global efforts to combat the climate crisis.