News & Commentary

In a month that has seen Texas sizzle under record-breaking heat, solar, and wind power have been key to helping keeping the lights on—and air conditioners humming.

Blaming any one power source is a mistake. We can’t make any one source of power foolproof, but we can make a grid that’s nimble, resilient, and reliable.

A broad-based coalition of groups representing millions of supporters are running full-page ads urging the public to support EPA action to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine. 

Funding deadline looms for agreement between Alaska Native village corporation and two land conservation organizations to protect 44,000 acres of salmon habitat in Upper Bristol Bay, blocking access corridor needed for widely condemned mine.

Wall Street Journal attack on EPA’s proposed protections for Bristol Bay is high on rhetoric, wrong on the facts, and ignores comprehensive scientific record showing unacceptable adverse effects from widely condemned gold and copper mine proposed for Bristol Bay headwaters.

Fly-in meetings and paid media urge the EPA to veto Pebble Mine and permanently protect Bristol Bay. 

Diverse stakeholder groups roll out new TV, print, and digital campaign calling on the permanent protection of Bristol Bay, Alaska from the Pebble Mine.

Among the animals at greatest risk from the impacts of seismic testing is the Gulf of Mexico whale—one of the most endangered marine mammals on the planet.

As fishing season begins in Bristol Bay, local leaders call on EPA and Congress to permanently protect the region.

The move would reverse one of Trump’s numerous environmental rollbacks, which had opened half of this pristine wilderness to industry.

Electric grids across the Midwest, South, and in Texas failed a key resilience test during last month’s winter storm, and one key conclusion is clear: The grids connected via transmission lines fared significantly better than those isolated and on their…

Although both California and Texas recently faced traumatic weather events, the consequences for electric system reliability were dramatically different. 

The deadly winter storms and power outages in Texas last month are just the latest example of why the United States needs a National Disaster Safety Board.