The Latest by Martin Hayden

Senior Policy Advisor

The U.S. Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court.
December 21, 2020

Government Funding Bill Will Pave the Way for More Ambitious Environmental Agenda

We look forward to working with President-elect Biden and Congress to make the needed investments to tackle the COVID-19 and the climate and environmental justice crises in the coming years.

Union members and IRS workers rallied against the federal government shutdown in Covington, Kentucky, on Jan. 10, 2019.
January 17, 2019

D.C. Is Shut Down for the People — and Open for President Trump’s Corporate Cronies

The government is working just fine for the oil and gas industry.

Andrew Wheeler is a former coal lobbyist with extensive ties to dirty energy companies. He is now advocating for severe rollbacks for public health protections.
January 16, 2019

Reading Between the Lines of Wheeler’s Pro-Polluter Agenda

The EPA nominee may not give the media a climate denial sound bite, but he clearly has no intention to tackle the problem.

Gray wolf howling in the Grand Tetons in Wyoming
February 15, 2018

What’s Hiding in the Budget Bill? Sneak Attacks on Wolves, Trees and Water

Amendments pushed by polluters would override years of work from federal agencies, decisions by judges, and public comments from millions of Americans.

Sam Clovis
November 2, 2017

Trump’s latest nominees will hand out treats to polluters, play tricks on the rest of us

A new round of Trump nominees should spook anyone who cares about public health and safety.

EPA Ozone Hearing
April 21, 2017

Scott Pruitt Is Betting on Your Silence

The EPA has asked the public to comment on whether and which government safeguards should be gutted—another sign that Scott Pruitt’s “back to basics” agenda is all about taking us back to a more polluted America.

Lawmakers are trying to sneak provisions that threaten our air, water and wildlife into urgent government spending bills.
April 18, 2017

Don’t Pollute Government Spending Bills with Toxic Riders

Lawmakers are trying to sneak provisions that threaten our air, water and wildlife into urgent government spending bills.

Republicans are kicking off 2017 with an outrageous attempt to unravel fundamental protections for Americans.
January 13, 2017

‘Dirty Bundle’ of Regulatory Bills Threatens Vital Safeguards for Americans

Republicans are kicking off 2017 with an outrageous attempt to unravel fundamental protections for Americans.

Konstantin L/Shutterstock
July 15, 2016

Two Political Trainwrecks in the Making

The House and Senate are packing their environmental budget bills with poison pill riders that would harm America’s air, water and wildlife.

The U.S. Capitol building.
April 28, 2016

Congress Begins Pushing ‘Poison–Pill’ Riders Once Again

As Congress negotiates annual budget deals, members sneak ideological provisions that would never pass in their own right into important funding bills.