GOP’s Climate Deniers Feeling the Heat
At a recent forum in Washington, leading climate science skeptic Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute told attendees that one of the “dangers” o…
Week 110: Has Trump Forgotten the Lessons of the Gulf Oil Disaster?
Offshore drillers don’t have to follow safety rules, and an EPA official says Congress should stop asking so many questions (about how she’s not doing her job)…
White House | |Week 109: Trump’s Flood Insurance Flub Could Cost Us Billions
Plus, the administration plans a debate on climate change as coal executives continue to party in Trump’s hotel. Drowning in Debt It’s no secret that the Natio…
White House | |Week 108: Who Put the Appalachian Trail in the Way of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline?
The Trump administration undermines an historic trail, tries desperately to save just one coal-fired power plant, and sells out the endangered delta smelt. Tak…
White House | |Week 107: The Butterfly Effect of Trump’s Inhumane Border Wall
Trump slices a butterfly sanctuary in two, the EPA celebrates its second-worst year on record, and the president goes oddly silent on climate when it’s warm ou…
White House | |Week 106: The Shutdown’s Mark on Joshua Tree National Park Will Last for Centuries
Plus, NOAA’s sick Twitter burn and the EPA’s corporate giveaways (which attorney general nominee William Barr seems cool with). Trump’s 300-Year Legacy Preside…
White House | |Climate Change Will Hit Economies Hardest in Trump States, Report Finds
A recent report from the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program has found that states President Trump won in the 2016 election – including F…
Week 104: Government Shutdown! Fire Sale on Federal Land! Every Tree Must Go!
The Interior Department bends the shutdown law to keep oil flowing and silences national park officials, and EPA enforcement just . . . stops. Yule Logging Pre…
White House | |Election Outcomes Lead to Climate Action Across U.S.
In Washington, D.C., this month, climate change headlines have focused on the Green New Deal and the establishment of the new U.S. House Select Committee on th…
A New Call to National Climate Action
Minutes after opening the 116th Congress last week, incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi issued a stirring call to national action on what she called “th…
We Need Our Federal Workers on the Job
Our public servants undertake many tasks that we don’t often notice: They clear ice off the roads in national forests and ensure the local toxic Superfund site…
Federal | |Week 100: May Threatened Species Be Forgot . . .
Trump denies protection to imperiled wildlife, censors more climate change web pages, and stalls on a ban of a deadly chemical. See You Next Year . . . Maybe A…
White House | |Week 99: Trump Waters Down Wetlands Protections
Plus, hawking coal at a climate summit and selling out polar bears to Big Oil. Wetlands: From “No Net Loss” to “Pave It Over” Wetlands protection became a nati…
White House | |Ads Urge Sen. Tillis to Protect North Carolina, Oppose Offshore Drilling
(Washington – December 11, 2018) Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) should protect North Carolina’s beaches and oppose the Trump administration’s plans to open waters o…
Press Releases | |Ads Urge Warner to Oppose Offshore Drilling, Protect Virginia Beaches
(Washington – December 13, 2018) Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) should make clear that he opposes the Trump administration’s plans to dramatically expand offsh…
Press Releases | |Trump Ignores Election Results, Maintains Reckless Course
In the 116th Congress, with its new pro-environment leaders, there is an opportunity for much-needed climate action on Capitol Hill. But even after the America…
Uncategorized | |Week 98: Trump Tries Again (and Fails Again) to Save the Coal Industry
Plus, the president looks to autocrats for anti-climate allies, and the Atlantic coastline is about to get really noisy. Trump Embraces Coal, Energy Markets Do…
White House | |10 Climate Champions Coming to Washington
Sen.-elect Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) The 2018 midterm elections swept dozens of pro-environment candidates into Congress, and several of these newly-elected members…
Week 97: The Attempt to Discount Climate Change on Black Friday
The administration released climate doomsday predictions while you were at the mall, and Scott Pruitt is the gift that keeps on giving. Black News on Black Fri…
White House | |Latest Climate Reports Demand Bold, Immediate Action
The Trump administration tried to bury the Fourth National Climate Assessment by releasing it on Black Friday, hoping most Americans would be too busy bargain …
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