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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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If You’re Looking for Pollution Pics, I Know a Guy

Expert BlogBobby McEnaney
At odds with its past practice of posting images capturing the majesty of our nation’s natural heritage, the BLM has recently uploaded only photos highlighting strip mining, coal extraction, and oil and gas drilling activities.

Energy Dept. Grid “Study”: Politics Trump Facts

Expert BlogJohn Moore
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has directed his agency to conduct a hurried review of how environmental protection standards and clean energy incentives are apparently threatening to bring our power grid to its knees. That action shows either a lack…

Trump: Check the Fine Print

Expert BlogFranz Matzner
The administration took great pains to hide the ball on the true scope of its attack on monuments. Initial press statements claimed the review would apply only to a handful of larger monuments. Yet the actual Executive Order contains no…

March for Climate, Communities, and our Oceans

Expert BlogFranz Matzner
As hundreds of thousands prepare to march for the climate and those most affected by climate change, President Trump readies an executive order that would exasterbate the problem and put our communities and oceans at risk.

Trump's Bad Bet #1: DAPL

Expert BlogSharon Buccino
President Trump is a businessman so you’d think he would know a good bet when he sees one. Reversing Obama’s decision on the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t.

Climate Deniers Seize the Day!

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
With funding from the fossil-fuel industry, a denialist think tank is mailing its anti-science propaganda to 200,000 schoolteachers. Hmmm, what could be behind their newfound boldness?

Gov. Cuomo Blocks Northern Access Pipeline

Expert BlogKimberly Ong
New York State just blocked the Northern Access Project, a pipeline that would have carried fracked gas from Pennsylvania to Canada via New York.

Reopening Loophole, Zinke Enables Fossil Fuel Royalty Fraud

Expert BlogTheo Spencer
The Interior Department took a step today along its well-worn path of short-changing taxpayers and enriching fossil fuel executives, announcing it would get rid of an Obama rule which closed a loophole that allowed coal, oil and gas companies to…

Big Cypress & Other Parks Put at Risk by Trump's Climate EO

Expert BlogAlison Kelly
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an “Energy Independence” Executive Order that will make it more difficult for the National Park Service to protect sensitive public lands like Big Cypress from more fossil fuel development.