The Senate Stimulus Proposal in Response to Coronavirus Fails to Meet the Moment
The Senate’s coronavirus stimulus bill doesn’t do nearly enough to help families and small businesses.
Integrating a Reproductive Justice Framework in Climate Research
As the connection between climate change and women’s health and well-being is better elucidated, it is important that researchers also utilize a reproductive justice framework.
10 Years After Deepwater Horizon, Oil Spills and Accidents Are on the Rise
Offshore drilling has become more dangerous since the Trump administration weakened safety regulations and cut back federal inspections and enforcement.
The House of Representatives Is Working To Restore America’s Conservation Vision
Leaders in the House are defying President Trump’s anti-environmental crusade by passing bills to protect nature.
Communities of Color Bear the Brunt of Trump’s Anti-Environmental Agenda
By weakening air and water protections and refusing to address climate change, the Trump administration is exacerbating environmental and health hazards in communities of color.
Promise and Opportunity Deferred
Reforming the United States’ place-based investment framework is no easy feat, but for the sake of equity, it is well worth the endeavor.
New Poll: Americans Disapprove of President Trump’s Proposed Changes to NEPA
A new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates on behalf of the Center for American Progress in January 2020 found that Americans widely disapprove of President Trump’s proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act.
3 Bold Actions Congress Should Take to Equitably Address Weather and Climate Disasters
As weather and climate disasters become more devastating and costly, Congress must design bold and equitable policies to reduce carbon and other pollution and protect communities from the worst impacts of climate change.
5 Ways Trump’s Latest Anti-Environmental Proposal Would Allow Fossil Fuel Companies to Bulldoze Communities
The Trump administration is proposing to gut environmental review, clearing the way for fossil fuel corporations to build more polluting projects with less public input and without considering the impacts of climate change.
Building a 100 Percent Clean Future Can Drive an Additional $8 Billion a Year to Rural Communities
Policies to improve soil health and sequester carbon can drive an additional $8 billion annually to rural communities and create close to $22,000 a year in added revenue for the average family farm.
The Trump Administration Is Poised to Gut Environmental Review. What’s at Stake?
The Trump administration says they’re cutting red tape. But in reality, they’re about to contribute to dirtier air and water—and silencing of the public.
Climate Change Is Altering Migration Patterns Regionally and Globally
Climate change is contributing to crop failure and malnutrition in the Northern Triangle and beyond, driving migration and raising the need for global and regional solutions.
Multinational Mining Corporations Are Exploiting U.S. Taxpayers
The laws governing mining of metals and other hardrock minerals on U.S. public lands haven’t been updated in almost 150 years, resulting in the giveaway of taxpayer-owned resources to foreign-owned mining companies for free.
Climate Change Threatens the Stability of the Financial System
U.S. regulators should protect the financial system from climate-related risks and help facilitate a smooth transition to a greener economy.
Trump’s Energy Policies Put Alaska in the Climate Crosshairs
The Trump administration’s attacks on Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Tongass National Forest could release almost 5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent—almost as much pollution as all of the world’s cars emit in a year.