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Groups Ask Court to Block Trump EPA Rule That Delays Protections Against Oil and Gas Methane Pollution

Washington, DC - 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…

Permitting Legislation Introduced to Limit the National Environmental Policy Act & Boost Dirty Fossil Fuels

Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Bruce Westerman (R-AK) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) introduced permitting legislation that would dangerously restrict reviews of fossil fuel projects…

Groups file challenge against FERC’s unlawful, blanket suspension of own construction regulation

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…

Trump’s Army Corps Hands Industry Blank Check to Harm Nation’s Waters

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…

Sierra Club & Partners Submit Thousands of Comments as PHMSA Comment Period for LNG Safety Rulemaking Closes

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…

In Attempting to Delay EPA Methane Rule, Trump Admin Wants to Give Polluters a Pass

Washington, DC - The Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan to delay implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s critical Clean Air Act protections against methane and…

SCOTUS Rules Against Vulnerable Communities in Favor of Corporate Polluters in Utah Railroad Case

Washington, DC - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to require further analysis before permitting a railroad line in Utah that would…

Broad Coalition Condemns FERC’s Approval of Dangerous CP2 LNG Export Facility

Washington, DC — Late last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the controversial Venture Global permission to proceed with construction of its CP2 LNG export facility,…

Trump’s DOE Ignores Findings That LNG Exports Raise Costs, Harm Communities With Response to Comments

Washington, DC - Today, the Trump administration released their response to the public comments on the Department of Energy’s LNG exports study that was finalized in December 2024. The…

State Reactions: House Budget Bill Would Repeal Critical Program to Reduce Methane Pollution in Oil & Gas Producing States

Washington, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill that will devastate Americans in a variety of ways, from gutting Medicaid…