Press Releases

#DemDebate: The American People Deserve Better

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During tonight’s Democratic Presidential Debate on CNN, no questions about the climate crisis were asked of the candidates.

Trump Administration Paves Way for Old-Growth Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The Trump administration today announced plans to gut long-standing protections against logging and road-building in the Tongass National Forest, a cherished old-growth temperate rainforest in Southeast Alaska and homelands of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. A coalition that includes Alaska Native people and Alaska-based and national organizations opposes the U.S. Forest Service plan, which comes weeks after revelations that President Trump exerted pressure to allow new clear-cuts in the Tongass.

Democrats Should Highlight Clean Energy as an Economic and Political Win in Debate

Tonight, 12 Democrats will take the stage in Ohio, a state that, despite common misperception, is central to the clean energy transition happening across the country. When it comes to clean energy, Ohio:

• Is ranked eighth in the nation with more than 112,000 clean energy jobs

Coalition of Clean Water Advocates Protest Fracked Gas Pipeline with ‘Hands Across the Potomac’

hundreds of clean water activists joined hands across the Potomac River to protest plans by Columbia Gas to revive a fracked gas pipeline project that has already been rejected by the state of Maryland

**MEDIA ADVISORY** Organizations to Call for Better Fish, Wildlife Plan at Seattle NWPCC Hearing

Seattle, WA-- Tomorrow, advocates from conservation and local organizations will publicly call on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NWPCC) to include critical protections for orca and salmon at their public hearing seeking public comment on their latest five-year Fish and Wildlife Plan. Advocates from conservation organizations will testify -- stressing the need for a plan to ensure recovery of the region’s rapidly declining whale and fish populations. See full event details here. 

Local groups, community members rally in ‘Race to Renewable Energy’

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— About 160 community members and activists today attended the “Race to Renewable Energy Rally,” at the American Legion Mall, an event to highlight how Indianapolis compares to other major cities in transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy and accomplishing its climate goals.

Fourth Circuit Grants Stay in Endangered Species Act Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has put a hold on two permits that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) requires to proceed with construction activities

Fracked Gas Mountain Valley Pipeline to Pay Penalty for Water Quality Violations

Virginia announced Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC will pay a $2.15 million penalty and must adhere to additional monitoring and environmental protections

Trump Administration Plans to Privatize National Park Campgrounds

Indigenous Groups Raise Concerns About Arctic Refuge Drilling in Submission to UN Human Rights Council

In a submission sent to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Indigenous rights groups raised concerns about human rights violations against the Gwich’in Nation as a result of the Trump administration’s push to sell off the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling.