Press Releases

September 12, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal that would effectively eliminate the agency’s longstanding tool to track greenhouse gas emissions, the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.

August 28, 2025

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Aug. 28, 2025) - Today, the Forsyth County Commissioners unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution opposing Transco’s proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP).

August 19, 2025

A dozen health, environment and community groups are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn a Trump EPA Rule delaying the 2024 methane standards for the oil and gas industry – standards that keep dangerous pollution out of our air and reduce wasted energy from oil and gas leaks, venting and flaring.

July 25, 2025

Today, Representatives Bruce Westerman (R-AK) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) introduced permitting legislation that would dangerously restrict reviews of fossil fuel projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and would limit the ability of communities to legally challenge a project.

July 21, 2025

Washington, DC – A coalition of public interest groups, landowners, and fishermen filed a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ‘waiver order’ that allows FERC to avoid its own regulations for construction of pipelines and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) facilities. 

July 18, 2025

Washington, DC — The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club and Waterkeeper Alliance today submitted comments strongly condemning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to reissue its Nationwide Permit program. Changes proposed by the Trump administration would pave the way for even more harmful and toxic activities in sensitive waters and wetlands across the United States.

July 7, 2025

Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ended its comment period following an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on safety of methane gas exports, known as LNG. The current safeguards are meant to protect workers and communities from dangerous and volatile LNG infrastructure, but those standards have not kept pace with the growth of the industry.

June 24, 2025

Washington, DC – Last night, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled against multiple provisions included in the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee’s portion of Donald Trump’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill,” including the fire sale of millions of acres of public lands and “pay to pollute” provisions to skirt environmental protections.

June 16, 2025

Banking on Climate Chaos reveals banks financed $429B in companies expanding fossil fuels in 2024

June 6, 2025

GREENSBORO, NC - Last night, on World Environment Day, the Guilford County Commissioners unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution, asking for a more thorough analysis of the proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP).