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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.
Read MoreCongress: 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.
Read MoreNatural 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.
Read MoreSenators 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.
Read MoreIn North Dakota, Fracking Could Become Even More Dangerous
Every boom must bust, and as oil prices fall, hydraulic fracturing operations in North Dakota cut costs and put workers at risk.
Read MoreCorporate Group with a Dubious Record Plans Massive Coal Projects
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.
Read MoreNational 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.
Read MoreBudget 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.
Read MoreSmall Island Nation Makes Big Contribution to Conservation
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.
Read MoreParis 2015: Signaling a Sea Change in the Global Climate Fight?
World leaders must craft a climate plan in Paris ambitious enough to spur new investments in renewable energy and to keep emissions reduction targets falling in the years to come.
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