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Mar 12, 2025
Federal Budget Glossary: As a Potential Government Shutdown Looms, Key Terms to Make Sense of the Chaos in Congress

As Congress scrambles to fund the government before the March 14th deadline, here are the budget-related policy terms you should know to make sense of the chaos. 

Mar 12, 2025
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Feb 13, 2025
Decoding Trump’s Energy Policy: Misleading Terms and What They Really Mean

Here are some top phrases that corporate polluters and their lawmaker allies love, what they actually mean, and the impact their agenda will have on our communities and the climate in the coming years.

Feb 13, 2025
Senator John Thune speaks at a podium
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Feb 7, 2025
The Trump Administration’s Environmental Impacts So Far, and How We’re Fighting Back

If the new administration has made one thing clear, it’s that nothing, not even the U.S. Constitution, will stop them from attempting to enact their dangerous, extreme plan to hurt our families, destroy the environment, and upend our government and our lives.

Feb 7, 2025
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Jan 29, 2025
What Trump’s Billionaire-Filled Cabinet Could Mean for Clean Energy and the Climate Crisis

Donald Trump has nominated the most wealthy, anti-environment and anti-democracy Cabinet in this country’s history. As the nominees make their way through Senate confirmation, here's how they and the departments they are set to lead could impact climate policy in the years to come.

Jan 29, 2025
Graphic showing scissors cutting a photo of the Capitol Dome in half. In the background are wind turbines and solar panels on the left and oil rigs and smoke stacks on the right.
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Jan 14, 2025
Our Newest National Monuments, Public Lands, and What’s at Stake

President Biden has protected more land than any other president, including the newest Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments. Explore his conservation legacy, the history of presidential power over federal lands, and what's at risk under the next administration.

Jan 14, 2025
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Jun 18, 2024
Supreme Court Decisions to Watch with the Environment and Democracy At Stake

MAGA justices on the captured Supreme Court are poised to erode our most fundamental freedoms in service of big polluters and other powerful special interests. Here are three especially important cases to watch as decisions are announced over the next few weeks.

Jun 18, 2024
Three police officers keep watch on a crowd of protestors in front of the Supreme Court.
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Jun 18, 2024
On Juneteenth, Celebrating the Justice40 Initiative for Environmental Justice

Juneteenth is a celebration of Black freedom, and as we continue to fight for racial justice and equity, we recognize that these goals cannot be accomplished without also fighting for environmental justice. The Biden-Harris administration is committed to advancing racial and environmental justice through the Justice40 Initiative, with historic investments in clean energy and infrastructure flowing to communities historically overburdened by pollution.

Jun 18, 2024
EPA Administrator Reagan stands with a group of environmental justice advocates and listens to a woman speak.
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May 9, 2024
President Biden’s New LNG Exports Pause is a Huge Win: Here’s Why

President Biden paused approvals of new liquefied methane gas export projects in the U.S. earlier this year, triggering backlash from MAGA extremists in Congress and from the oil and gas industry. Here's why this pause is a huge win for people and the planet, offering the opportunity to assess the true environmental, health, and economic costs of LNG exports.

May 9, 2024
Overhead view of a huge industrial facility on the Gulf of Mexico shore, with two tanker ships in the harbor.
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Apr 25, 2024
Clean Energy Tax Incentives Can Help You Save Money — and the Planet

Home energy efficiency projects large and small, appliance upgrades, and switching to a clean car can add up to big savings year over year on utilities and maintenance. Clean energy tax incentives to help make these upgrades and swaps are available thanks to the Biden-Harris administration’s affordable clean energy plan. Get an overview of the many incentives available and tools to help you plan your clean energy updates.

Apr 25, 2024
Clean Energy in Action: A team of four men and women install solar panels on the roof of a house.
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Jan 11, 2024
A Relentless Power Grab: SCOTUS Poised to Weaken EPA and Other Federal Agencies in Upcoming Cases Relentless and Loper Bright

The Supreme Court may overturn the Chevron doctrine and diminish federal agencies' power to protect communities from special interests, like the fossil fuel industry. In addition to further weakening the EPA's authority to regulate polluters, overturning Chevron would have far-reaching implications into all areas of public policy.

Jan 11, 2024
A sign reading "Be a Justice NOT A Politician" is held up in front of the Supreme Court building.
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