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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts May 12, 2025

For Real, What Do Trump’s Executive Orders Do?

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

In the News: Inside Climate News May 12, 2025

Northeastern States Unveil New Grid Planning Strategy in Attempt to Regain Control Over Energy Future

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.”

document May 12, 2025

Joint Letter: USDA

The parties write respectfully to inform the Court that 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.

A Bureau of Land Management-maintained forest in Oregon. (Bureau of Land Management)
From the Experts May 12, 2025

House Natural Resources Committee Package Delivers Big Windfalls to Polluting Industries and Billionaires

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

A grizzly bear in a Montana forest. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
Article May 12, 2025

Now Is the Time to Raise Your Voice for Grizzly Protections

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

In the News: Inside Climate News May 10, 2025

New York Bitcoin Miners Are Buying Up Power Plants — and Communities Are Fighting Back

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…

In the News: WLUC May 9, 2025

Enbridge Straits Maritime Operations Center Watches over Mackinac Straits

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…

The coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station in Newburg, Maryland, in 2014. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
feature May 9, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Maryland: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

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.

Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass., in 2012. (Denis Tangney Jr. / Getty Images)
feature May 9, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Massachusetts: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

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.

In the News: Washington State Standard May 9, 2025

Wood pellet plants pose a risk to our forests — and our health

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

The Navajo Generating Station, near Page, Ariz., in 2010. (Sylvia Schug / Getty Images)
feature May 9, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Arizona: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

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

Press Release May 9, 2025

New York Assembly Passes the Buck on Top Energy Affordability Policy in Budget Again

NY HEAT Act would curb utility rate hikes affecting everyday families statewide, while saving people money; Senate has passed the bill TWICE — now Assembly must stop making excuses and get it done before the end of session

A South Texas rancher looks out over his family’s land that has been contaminated by pollutants from the San Miguel Electric Plant, in the background. (Ari Phillips / EIP)
feature May 9, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Texas: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 19 coal-burning power plant sites in Texas.

Map of soot air pollution by county in 2023. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature May 9, 2025

Mapping Soot and Smog Pollution in the United States

How is the air where you live?

Map of soot air pollution by county in 2023. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature May 9, 2025

What’s the state of soot pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

Map of smog air pollution by county in 2022. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature May 9, 2025

What’s the state of smog pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Press Release May 8, 2025

Final NYS Budget Leaves Room for Legislative Leadership on Energy Affordability, Climate, and Environment Before End of 2025 Session

New York Governor Hochul and Legislature Finalize the SFY2025-26 Budget; Includes New Climate Funding and a Boost to the Environmental Protection Fund