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A coalition of environmental civil rights, and justice organizations sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing the rescission of funding for life-saving programs investing in air monitoring and cleaning up toxic pollution in communities facing disproportionate impacts of environmental injustices.

Over 25 organizations sent a letter opposing the provisions of the bill to expediate and automatically approve the expansion of liquified methane gas, expedite the permitting process for projects, and restrict judicial review.

The Trump administration will restore access to vital resources for climate-smart agriculture, forest conservation, climate change adaptation, and rural clean energy projects

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

An EO is just a statement about the president’s policy preferences — but we’re watching for real actions.

Nick Lawton, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Thousands of clean energy projects are waiting to connect to the grid, including offshore wind projects that many of these states are pursuing, which can bring down prices and boost system reliability during extreme weather. We support this state coordination.”

Decisions pending on other state requests

The parties write respectfully to inform the Court that United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will restore the climate-change-related web content that was removed post-inauguration, including all USDA webpages and interactive tools enumerated in Plaintiffs’ Complaint.

Over 50 organizations sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressing opposition to language in the bill that will delay the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP), a program established by the Inflation Reduction Act that imposed a fee on companies for each ton of wasted methane that exceeds specified thresholds.

Jeffrey Stein, Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “We’re glad that U.S.D.A. recognized that its blatantly unlawful purge of climate-change-related information is harming farmers and communities across the country.”

The bill represents one of the most anti-environmental bills ever debated in the U.S. Congress.

Grizzlies face growing threats to their survival in the Northern Rockies. Here’s how we’re helping them come back from the brink.

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Crypto mines exploit all of the distributed impacts in a way that has made it really hard to regulate and hard for communities to understand. I don’t think most communities realize what they’re inviting into their community until it’s too late. With the water consumption, the fire…

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “It would violate the rights that were guaranteed to them through treaties that go back to the 1800’s. The tunnel is not the answer to the problem of Line 5. The answer is to get the oil out of the Great Lakes so we can all enjoy drinking the…

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at ten power plant sites in Maryland. All but one of these sites include older ash dumps that industry is only now beginning to quantify and monitor.

Significant quantities of coal ash are stored at three power plant sites in Massachusetts. All of these sites include older coal ash dumps that industry is only now beginning to quantify and monitor.

Commentary from two Washington residents concerned about wood pellet plants proposed for construction in the Longview and Hoquiam communities, near where they live.

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at five power plant sites in Arizona.