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A Postcard from Glacier National Park, Where the Glaciers Are Shrinking

A line of 10 hikers walk towards a distant glacier at the foot of a large cliff, next to a lake.

Our public lands are showing climate impacts — and a need for change.

Two Years Ago, We Passed the Biggest Climate Spending Bill Ever. Here’s What It Has Achieved.

A long line of wind turbines on a tree covered mountain ridge. In this aerial view, turbines stand in a row along the top of Backbone Mountain on August 22, 2022 in Oakland, Maryland. The 70-megawatt wind farm runs along eight miles of the mountain ridge and consists of 28 Clipper 2.5 MW Liberty Turbines, each one 415-feet tall.

We’re celebrating a booming clean economy, lower energy costs, a path forward to reducing harmful pollution, and more than 334,000 new clean energy jobs so far.

We’re Fighting to Save the World’s Smallest Bunnies

Pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis), the world’s smallest rabbit, depend on the sagebrush sea habitat to protect them from predators and for the majority of their diet.

The federal government is dragging its big feet on protecting the pygmy rabbit.

Lead Wheel Weights Are the Deadly Car Accessory We Don’t Need or Want

Light gray metal rectangle blocks attached to the rim of a car wheel, next to the tire.

Earthjustice sued the EPA for failing to ban lead wheel weights, small metal bars that help balance tires but shed toxic lead into our air, water, and soil.

A Rare Whale Is Safe From Oil and Gas Drilling — for Now

An offshore drilling rig sits in Cook Inlet, where the Biden administration is going ahead with a an oil and gas lease sale.

A judge overturned the Biden administration’s reckless lease sale in Cook Inlet, citing threats to the rare beluga whale.

Summer Is Overheating. Here’s What We’re Doing About It.

Unhappy looking people stand in water misters outside with large hotels behind them.

Burning fossil fuels is making summer more prone to extreme weather events. Here’s how we’re tackling the climate crisis.

The Solution to a Faster Clean Energy Transition? More Power Lines.

Transmission lines and utility poles are silhouetted at sunset against a darkening sky.

We know that a 100% clean energy requires more electricity transmission lines. Now, the federal government has taken sweeping action to modernize and build out the grid.

Mainers Send a Message to Mining Industry: “Don’t Come for Katahdin”

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

State regulator rejects a mining proposal from an inexperienced company that would have threatened an area of pristine water important to local tribes.