Nonprofit groups are suing to force a review of the decision by BPA that would cause energy bills to rise and reduce access to clean energy across a broad region
The new federal budget rescinds funding meant for communities dealing with environmental hazards – but there’s still hope that some promised investments can be salvaged.
What’s happening: BP, the company behind the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. Why it matters: BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released over 5 million barrels of oil that blanketed the…
BPA plans to join the Markets+ energy market over a larger Western one; the choice would cause a spike in energy bills and reduce access to clean energy for Northwest power customers
The administration’s decision reneges on promised investments in fisheries and clean energy, and ignores federal, state, tribal science on the need for urgent action to prevent extinction and rebuild healthy and abundant salmon
Earthjustice is suing the administration for unlawfully terminating $3 billion in EPA grant programs designed to fund public health and community resilience initiatives
The U.S. District Court in Alaska orders the mine’s permitting agencies to take a more thorough look at the impacts of a tailings spill by revising the project’s environmental study
Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.