Week 88: Trump’s Runaway Train of Deregulation
Oil trains won’t get better brakes, air conditioners won’t get safer chemicals, and children lose their EPA advocate. Bombs Away! After several tragic rail acc…
White House | |Week 87: You Don’t Want to Live Downwind with Trump Around
The EPA lets states pollute other states’ air, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline fails and fails again to follow the law, and Ryan Zinke actually says the government…
White House | |The Green Wave Starts Today
The planet needs us this November. If President Trump and his allies in Congress continue their assault on the environment, our water will be less safe, our ai…
Elections | |Week 86: No, Trump’s Methane Proposal Is Not “Neat”
Plus, your one-and-only chance to save the Clean Power Plan, and Steve Bannon’s role in the Paris climate withdrawal. See No Evil According to documents review…
White House | |Kavanaugh’s Clouded Environmental Record
Unless something extraordinary happens, Chairman Chuck Grassley will gavel to order the Senate Judiciary hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the …
Congress | |Week 83: The Grim Details of Trump’s “Climate” Plan
The new proposal would take us backward on climate, tilt the grid toward coal, and actually kill people. This Is Your Plan? The U.S. Environmental Protection A…
White House | |Save the Senate’s “Green Firewall”
It’s no secret that the Trump administration wants to neuter the EPA’s ability to enforce our clean air and clean water laws, repeatedly submitting budgets tha…
Week 82: Indestructible (Yet Combustible) Coal?
Trump is confused about coal, NHTSA is confused about math, and Zinke is confused about climate change. Trump’s Coal-Fired Echo Chamber If you surround yoursel…
White House | |Week 81: Under Trump, National Wildlife Refuges Are No Place for Bees
Plus, Trump’s wildfire hot air and the job-killing effects of fuel efficiency rollbacks. Bayer Over Bees Would you be surprised to learn that the federal gover…
White House | |Week 80: Making Cars Dirty Again
Trump rolls back fuel efficiency standards while his EPA chief celebrates the country’s clean air (achieved by past administrations). Hot Air Bags The Trump ad…
White House | |Endangered species now in Washington’s crosshairs
Nearly half a century after President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law, Congress, the Trump administration and anti-environment lobbyists acros…
Week 79: Zinke Ignores Damage to Public Lands
Plus, Wheeler ignores factory farm pollution, and Trump ignores public opposition to drilling the Arctic Refuge. Damage? What Damage? If oil drillers damage a …
White House | |NRDC Action Fund Endorses Rosen in Nevada Senate race
The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today announced its endorsement of Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in her campaign for the U.S. Senate i…
Press Releases | |Week 78: Zinke Wants More Engines and Wi-Fi Towers in Our National Parks
Plus, Trump proposes to gut the Endangered Species Act—extinction is going to be yuge. An Ounce of Prevention . . . The Interior Department announced a plan on…
White House | |How to save the planet this November
Scott Pruitt has left the building, but the new EPA acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler, is determined to continue his predecessor’s dangerous rollbacks of Am…
Elections | |Week 77: Pruitt Is Gone, but the Pollution Isn’t
Plus, the EPA’s stall on chlorpyrifos and Ryan Zinke’s criminal socks. Pruitt’s Parting Gift Poof! Scott Pruitt disappeared from the U.S. Environmental Protect…
White House | |NRDC Action Fund endorses Rosen in Nevada Senate race
Washington – The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today announced its endorsement of Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in her campaign for the …
Press Releases | |NRDC Action Fund endorses Sen. Tim Kaine for re-election
Washington – The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today announced its endorsement of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in his campaign for re…
Press Releases | |NRDC Action Fund endorses Sen. Tina Smith
Washington – The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today announced its endorsement of U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in her campaign for…
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