Why Alaska’s NPR-A, site of the Willow Project, deserves protection
There’s a lot of important wildlife habitat in the area where the Willow project is located. In April, 2024 President Biden acted to protect it.
Fossil fuel pollution
Oil spills and fossil fuel pollution threaten our health, devastate ecosystems and contribute to global warming.
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Statement: Time for Georgia’s power plants to clean up their act
Statement: EPA tells power plants to clean up their act
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Last coal-fired power plant in New England slated to close
Oil and coral shouldn’t mix: Deepwater Horizon still affecting deep sea coral
A bill to divest Oregon from coal will head to the governor shortly
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It is now apparent that we need to take significant action in the next few years if we are to have any chance of avoiding the really significant impacts of a changing climate.Bruce Parker, Member, Environment America
We need to take significant action
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STATEMENT: Department of Interior updates oil & gas leasing regulations
Royalty rates had not been updated in more than 100 years
Bank of America said it would stop financing drilling in the Arctic Refuge. Now it’s backtracking.
Bank of America is walking back its commitment to not finance oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, putting this fragile ecosystem at risk.
STATEMENT: New England’s last coal-fired power plant slated for closure
Utility plans to replace polluting plants with clean energy infrastructure
Methane emissions are accelerating climate change — here’s what we can do about it
Methane is one of the worst greenhouse gasses, and methane emissions are one of the biggest contributors to climate change.
Court orders agency to fix errors in regulation that would harm polar bears
Ruling forces U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to fix a regulation that allows oil drilling to harm polar bears