Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration released yet another coal industry handout by proposing to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s previous disapproval of State Implementation Plans from states failing to meet their Clean Air Act obligations under the federal ozone air quality standard. Previously in 2023 the EPA had determined that most of these states had failed to meet their obligation to protect downwind states from significant smog-causing pollution, and had in 2024 proposed making the same determination for the others.
BOSTON - A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted a preliminary injunction for yet another one of Donald Trump’s freezes on offshore wind. Judge Brian Murphy ruled Wednesday that Vineyard Wind, a 13 megawatt wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, may resume construction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Forest Service announced a revised oil and gas leasing rule that fast-tracks dirty energy projects in national forests.
In a press release, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the policy would “streamline” the process for allowing oil and gas projects on landscapes managed by the Forest Service.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration has ordered the removal of more interpretive signage referencing climate change and Native American history at popular national parks, including Glacier National Park and Grand Canyon National Park, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friday, January 23rd, marked the close of the 60-day public comment period on the Trump administration’s draft offshore drilling plan, which proposes an unprecedented expansion off of Alaska, Gulf, and California coastlines.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today marked the end of a short two-week public comment period on post-fire recovery actions in national forests.
SEATTLE — Today, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin of the Western District of Washington entered final judgment in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program—a $5 billion federal initiative to build reliable, high-speed electric vehicle charging infrastructure along America’s highways.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — On January 22, 2026, the Washington State Supreme Court heard oral arguments centering on the legality of I-2066, centering on how the initiative’s title misled voters by its ballot title and instead silently amended existing climate and clean air laws and programs across multiple state agencies, utilities, and local governments.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — With the go-ahead from the three governor-appointed PSC commissioners, SWEPCO will increase bills by 23% at current fuel costs, in part to help prop up the old, dirty, and expensive Flint Creek coal plant.
ANCHORAGE, AK —Ten groups filed an amended and supplemental complaint today challenging the Trump administration’s 2025 decisions to reinstate unlawful permits for the proposed Ambler road. These groups, represented by Trustees for Alaska, have spent years in court fighting the proposed Ambler road because of the profound threat this 200-mile-plus industrial road would pose to the people, water, and wildlife of Northwest Alaska.