Press Releases

February 20, 2026

RALEIGH, NC - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) will allow coal- and oil-fired power plants to emit more damaging pollution that puts the public at greater risk of heart and lung disease, developmental delays and learning disabilities, cancer, and even premature death.

February 20, 2026

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down tariffs implemented by Donald Trump. The Court ruled the president cannot invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact across-the-board global tariffs.

February 20, 2026

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects West Virginians, and all Americans, from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. 

February 20, 2026

ATLANTA - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal- and oil-fired power plants to emit more damaging pollution that puts the public at greater risk of heart and lung disease, cancer, and even premature death, as well as causing severe neurological damage to fetuses and children.

February 20, 2026

LOUISVILLE, KY. -  Today, at an event here in Louisville, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced the dismantling of a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Kentuckians, and all Americans, from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. 

February 20, 2026

JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.

February 20, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.

February 19, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service has reinstalled signage at Independence National Historical Park examining the legacy of slavery at the site.

February 19, 2026

MONTGOMERY, AL - A new report released today has found PFAS in nearly all of Alabama’s waterways, confirming the statewide threat of these deadly toxins.

January 28, 2026