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Sec. Perry Said to Be Leaving Trump Administration

October 4, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - Energy Secretary Rick Perry is planning to resign from the Trump administration later this year, according to news reports today.

Court Denies EPA’s Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit on the Use of Toxic Pesticides

September 25, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A federal court denied the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to force the agency to include Endangered Species Act considerations in the process to approve new…

Settlement Requires Feds to Act on Habitat Protections for Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

September 24, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) settled a lawsuit over the failure to protect habitat necessary for the recovery of the rusty patched bumble bee, as required under the Endangered…

Congressional Leaders Introduce Bill to Rescind Regulations That Weaken Endangered Species Act

September 17, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Leaders in the House and Senate today introduced legislation that would rescind the Trump administration’s regulations gutting the Endangered Species Act. Led by Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and by Senator…

$8.6 Million for Peoria-Area Projects and Edwards Coal Plant 2022 Retirement Announced in Proposed Settlement

September 16, 2019 Press Release

Senate Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Save the North Atlantic Right Whale

September 11, 2019 Press Release

After a deadly summer for North Atlantic right whales, Senators Booker (D-NJ), Isakson (R-GA) and Carper (D-DE) lead bipartisan bill to support their recovery

Congress Must Vote to Protect America's Coasts, Oceans, and Marine Life from Offshore Drilling

September 9, 2019 Press Release

House of Representatives to vote on two landmark bipartisan bills to ban drilling off Atlantic, Pacific coasts and Eastern Gulf

GE’s Climate Hypocrisy: Building Coal Plants While Touting Clean Energy

September 9, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – General Electric, which boasts of being a clean energy leader, is quietly doubling down on the dirty energy of the past with plans to equip more than a dozen new coal-fired power plants in countries like Cambodia, Kenya…

Trump EPA Expected to Release New, Far-Reaching Rollback of Methane Pollution Protections

August 29, 2019 Press Release

Trump Disparages Clean Energy, Touts Climate-Busting Policy

August 26, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – In response to a reporter’s question about climate change at the G-7 meeting today, President Trump touted his administration’s efforts to develop fossil fuels and disparaged the fast-growing wind industry.

World Wildlife Conference: Parties Vote to Help End Giraffes’ Silent Extinction

August 22, 2019 Press Release

Global Community Votes to Protect Giraffes Under CITES

CITES’s Last Chance to Save the Vaquita

August 13, 2019 Press Release

LONDON— As governments from around the world prepare to meet in Geneva for the 18th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a new report urges the imposition of trade suspensions against Mexico…

Protecting Lands is Urgent Step in Climate Action

August 8, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - A Special Report on Lands and Climate Change released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores both the fierce urgency to take action and the opportunities ahead when it comes to land-use decisions.

Trump Administration Abandons Habitat Protections for Iconic Western Bird

August 2, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Forest Service today finalized its plan for managing the greater sage-grouse, along with hundreds of other species, on 5.2 million acres of Western lands. The move unravels an existing conservation plan to preserve fragile habitat for…

Trump Administration Reneges on Protections for Alaska’s Salmon Fishery

July 30, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today withdrew protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska from the Pebble Mine – a colossal, widely condemned gold and copper mine that poses a threat to the area’s famous salmon runs. The agency’s action…

Court Upholds Protections for Rare California Gnatcatcher

July 3, 2019 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES – A federal court today dismissed a lawsuit seeking to remove the imperiled coastal California gnatcatcher from the Endangered Species Act list, ensuring the bird is protected.

Japan Leaves IWC to Resume Commercial Whaling

July 1, 2019 Press Release

Departure from the International Whaling Commission breaks over 30-year ban

Conservation Groups Launch New Legal Challenges to Keystone XL Pipeline Approval

July 1, 2019 Press Release

Trump administration violated National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act by approving controversial tar sands pipeline

G20 Support to Coal Power Plants Increases by More than Double – New Report

June 25, 2019 Press Release

G20 governments have more than doubled the amount of financial support they provide to coal power plants in just three years, despite pledging a decade ago to phase out subsidies to all fossil fuels and help prevent catastrophic climate change.

Trump’s Dirty Power Plan Will Aggravate the Climate Crisis

June 19, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration’s plan purporting to deal with climate change, finalized today by the Environmental Protection Agency, is a Trojan Horse that would seriously set back the nation’s fight to avert a planetary disaster.