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Trump Executive Order Could Gut Health, Safety, Environmental Protections

Press Release
WASHINGTON (February 24, 2017) – President Trump today signed an executive order directing each administrative agency and department to designate a “regulatory reform officer” and to establish a “regulatory reform task force,” according to press reports. The order implements the…

House Republicans Continue Crusade for Pebble Mine

Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer
Republicans on Capitol Hill are busy paving the path for a foreign mining company to destroy the world’s greatest wild salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska – over the opposition of the people of Alaska.

Chatham House Study Debunks Biomass Carbon Neutrality

Expert BlogSami Yassa
Today, a pre-eminent think tank in the United Kingdom, Chatham House, issued a seminal report challenging a fundamental assumption underlying European renewable energy policy: that burning forest biomass to produce electricity is “carbon neutral.” The report Woody Biomass for Power…

Keeping India Cool

Expert BlogFrances Beinecke
Keeping cool in India is not just a matter of comfort. It’s a matter of life and death.

Roadmap for Replacing NY’s Indian Point with Clean Energy

Expert BlogJackson Morris
A new report finds that clean energy—including energy efficiency, renewable power sources like solar and wind, and related transmission solutions—can fully and economically replace the Indian Point nuclear power plant after it closes in 2021.

Pruitt Emails Demonstrate Cozy Ties to Polluters

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WASHINGTON – The Oklahoma state attorney general’s office released emails this week, as required by a state court, shedding light on the relationship between industry and Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, while he served…