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Amidst Climate Disasters, Trump and Pruitt to Scrap Clean Power Plan

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Abigail Dillen, VP of Litigation for Climate & Energy.

As unprecedented hurricanes and wildfires rage across the United States, President Trump and Scott Pruitt try to ensure the U.S. does nothing to rein in climate change.

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We’re Suing the Trump Administration for Delaying Protections Against Methane. Again.

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Oil and gas operations near residential areas in Colorado. 80 percent of voters in Western states support cutting methane waste on public lands, according to a 2016 poll by Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project.

The Trump administration is trying to delay environmental rules that it and polluting industries dislike, but the courts aren’t having it.

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EPA’s Message to the Public: Stop Talking Because We’re Not Listening

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Under administrator Scott Pruitt, the EPA is preventing people from receiving what should be public information.

Earthjustice attorney Lisa Evans was preparing to leave her house for an evening workout last month when her phone rang with a call from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Recortes a la EPA pone a la justicia ambiental y nuestra salud en riesgo

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Una refinería de petróleo se cierne sobre Port Arthur, TX. Comparada con la población blanca, la gente de color tiene casi el doble de probabilidades de vivir cerca de una zona industrial.

El Congreso ha vuelto tras su receso de verano y ahora los diputados se preguntan si deben recortar todavía más el presupuesto de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) en el 2018.

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Huracán María: Puerto Rico devastada y ‘desesperada’ porque la respuesta federal es insuficiente

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Heydee Pérez y su hijo, Yenel Calera, no han recibido ayuda alguna una semana después del huracán María.

Myrna Conty ha vivido tres décadas de tormentas en su natal Puerto Rico, pero nada de eso se compara con lo que vivió después de los huracanes Irma y María.

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‘People Are Getting Desperate’ in Puerto Rico as Federal Response Not Equal to the Crisis

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Heydee Perez and her son, Yenel Calera, have not received any aid one week after Hurricane Maria.

Will the U.S. and other wealthier nations start to step up to help the poorer, more vulnerable communities as the impacts of climate change become increasingly more severe?

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Cuidado, la bolsa de comida de tu mascota puede ser tóxica

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Las bolsas de comida para tu perro y gato podrían estar hechas en parte por químicos tóxicos. Ayuda a esta investigación mandando una muestra al Instituto de Políticas para las Ciencias Verdes.

Todo mundo sabe las consecuencias por darle demasiada comida humana a tu mascota: engorda y su popó huele mucho peor.

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'Free the Snake Flotilla' Rallies Around Restoring River, Salmon, Way of Life

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Hundreds of tribal members, boaters, anglers, local business owners and other river advocates take to the water on September 9, 2017 as part of the ‘Free the Snake Flotilla’ to advocate for dam removal on the Snake River.

Removing four dams from the Snake River would amount to the greatest wild salmon recovery and river restoration in history.

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Earthjustice wins 16-year-long battle to protect 50 million acres of forests

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Tom Waldo, one of the legal architects of Earthjustice's Roadless Rule strategy, walks through a field of fireweed near Juneau, Alaska.

Latest court ruling upholds Roadless Rule protections for almost 50 million acres of wild lands.

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Landmark Clean Energy Bill Headed for Round Two

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Two engineers check and maintain equipment at a solar power plant. New research shows that many clean energy jobs are a boon for workers from underrepresented communities.

California is gearing up once again to get the state to a 100 percent clean energy grid.

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