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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.
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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.

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U.S. Air Pollution Is “Completely Outrageous”

Expert BlogJuanita Constible
Business, health, and government leaders from around the country and around the world gathered last week to step up their fight against the harms of climate change. It's time for President Trump to do the same.

UK Takes Step Against Wood-Fired Electricity

Expert BlogSasha Stashwick
The UK government has taken a major step in the direction of ending subsidies for dirty electricity from biomass. The government’s plan, published last week, sets a new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions threshold for biomass-burning power stations that are supported…

Drinking Water Impacts Reported Near VA Pipeline Site

Expert BlogAmy Mall
Now, groundwater and surface water across Virginia continue to be at risk from massive pipeline construction that is moving forward under permits that lack adequate protections for water quality or quantity. DEQ can and should act to enforce Virginia water…

Global Climate Action Summit: A World Moving Beyond Coal

Expert BlogHan Chen
The global Powering Past Coal Alliance has added ten new members – committing to a phaseout of coal power, a major global investor announced a ban on new financing for coal-related infrastructure, and the Insure Our Future campaign launched in…

VA Pipeline Compressor Station Threatens Nearby Community

Expert BlogAmy Mall
Compressor stations are not benign adjuncts to natural gas pipelines. They present significant public health and safety risks that must all be fully assessed and addressed before permits are considered. In addition, our must vulnerable communities should not become energy…

EPA’s Dirty Power Plan Takes Aim at State Climate Leaders

Expert BlogBruce Ho
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to gut federal climate standards for power plants not only threatens to increase pollution and kill Americans, but would also impose pointless new administrative burdens on Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, making it costlier for…

FirstEnergy Coal Retirements: Is It Fake News?

Expert BlogDaniel Sawmiller
FirstEnergy recently announced the retirement of all its Ohio and Pennsylvania coal plants. Given the company's attempts to secure a financial bailout, some question if this is fake news.

Trump Is Not Above the Law

Expert BlogUnited StatesRhea Suh

Courts across the country agree that our environmental laws must be enforced, not broken.

VA Water Board Must Protect Water from Pipeline Threats

Expert BlogAmy Mall
The Water Board now has the opportunity to step in and stop the Trump administration’s move to approve these pipelines using only the Army Corps’ Nationwide Permit 12, since it does not have adequate protections in place for individual Virginia…

Dueling Federal Power Plant Bailouts: A Consumer’s Nightmare

Expert BlogMiles Farmer
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, the nation’s grid regulator) and the Trump administration are working on bailouts for different types of power plants that could end up acting at cross-purposes with one another, creating a nightmare for energy customers…