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Congress Seeks to Strip Protections from Gray Wolves and Other Endangered Species

Members of Congress are working to override science-based decision-making under the Endangered Species Act and to dismantle this bedrock environmental law species by species.

Congress: Fund Our Government Without Clogging Our Lungs

We don’t have to sacrifice clean air to keep the government funded—no matter what pro-polluter politicians say.

Natural Gas Industry + Oil Industry = Filthy Bedfellows

America's Natural Gas Alliance and the American Petroleum Institute, the respective lobbying groups for the gas and oil industries, will merge on January 1, 2016.

Senators Try to Sabotage Obama’s Climate Plan

The U.S. Senate is trying to put President Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold in advance of international climate talks in Paris, but Obama’s veto pen is at the ready.

In North Dakota, Fracking Could Become Even More Dangerous

$An oil fracking rig outside of Williston, North Dakota.$

Every boom must bust, and as oil prices fall, hydraulic fracturing operations in North Dakota cut costs and put workers at risk.

Corporate Group with a Dubious Record Plans Massive Coal Projects

Abbot Point, Queensland, Australia. Source: https://flic.kr/p/fb2h5v

The corporate group that wants to build one of the biggest coal mines in the world and expand a coal port on the Great Barrier Reef has a terrible track record of harm to the environment.

National Parks Go Toe-to-Toe with ‘Big Water’ Over Plastic Bottle Waste

Big Water is challenging a National Park Service initiative to replace bottled water sales at their parks with free water bottle filling stations.

Budget Shenanigans Put Clean Water Rules in Jeopardy

Congress must pass an upcoming spending bill to avoid a government budget crisis, but it is full of environmental riders that threaten to dismantle clean water protections.

Small Island Nation Makes Big Contribution to Conservation

Damselfish swim in Palau's inner lagoon.

The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau just created a marine sanctuary larger than the state of California, inspiring others to follow its lead in ocean conservation.