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House of Representatives Pulls Bill To Gut Endangered Species Act

Legislation from Rep. Westerman would have drastically weakened bedrock environmental law

WIN: Judge Blocks Trump’s Efforts to Kneecap Renewables

Boston - Today, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of renewable energy developers, temporarily blocking a number of the Trump administration’s relentless and aggressive attacks on the industry.

Judge Blocks Clean Water Act Permit for Mountaintop Removal Mine on Coal River Mountain

NAOMA, W.Va. – Today, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled in favor of Coal River Mountain Watch, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Appalachian Voices, and Sierra Club, blocking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant a Clean Water Act permit for valley fills associated with the Turkeyfoot Surface Mine.

Trump to Give Coal Industry More Handouts While Americans Pay

Washington, D.C. - Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to give the coal industry access to potentially hundreds of millions of dollars, even as the industry has been in decline for nearly two decades.

Minnesota Power’s Long-Range Plan Must Do More to Meet Minnesota’s 100% Law and Avoid Costly Fossil Fuel Investments

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Today, Clean Grid Alliance, Fresh Energy, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and Sierra Club (collectively the Clean Energy Organizations or CEOs) filed comments at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission regarding Minnesota Power’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) (Docket No. 25-127).

Environmental Groups File Challenge to Controversial SSEP Pipeline

RICHMOND, Va. - Today, several environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Act permit for the controversial Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP pipeline

Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Approval of BP’s New Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Project in the Gulf of Mexico, 16 Years After Deepwater Horizon

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Health, Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Reconsider Flawed, Unlawful Decision to Repeal the Endangerment Finding

Washington, DC - Sixteen health and environmental groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule to repeal the Endangerment Finding and motor vehicle climate pollution standards and describing how the Clean Air Act requires the agency to reconsider that damaging action. 

U.S. Senate Disapproves Mining Ban in Boundary Waters

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate voted to approve a controversial proposal, backed by the Trump Administration, to allow toxic sulfide mining in the watershed of one of the country’s most visited wilderness areas.

New Analyses Find Overwhelming Opposition to Wisconsin Data Centers Across the State

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – New analyses have found that Wisconsinites across the state and across political affiliations strongly dislike data data centers, citing concerns around affordability, energy and water.