The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities ArticleJuly 10, 2025 The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities Jul 10, 2025 Margaret Cooney, Cody Hankerson
About Extreme Heat, We Need to Prioritize Children About Extreme Heat, We Need to Prioritize Children Jul 8, 2025 InsideSources Hailey Gibbs
What Trump’s Anti-Environment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Your Wallet, Health, and Safety ArticleJuly 7, 2025 What Trump’s Anti-Environment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Your Wallet, Health, and Safety Jul 7, 2025 Lucero Marquez, Jasia Smith
The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act Endangers the Transformation of Contaminated Sites for Clean Energy Production ArticleJuly 7, 2025 The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act Endangers the Transformation of Contaminated Sites for Clean Energy Production Jul 7, 2025 Alia Hidayat, Dylan Nezaj
The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities ArticleJuly 10, 2025 The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities The Trump administration’s cuts to NOAA and NWS staffing and research capabilities are hindering the nation’s ability to prepare for and respond effectively to extreme weather events—such as the recent flooding in Texas. Jul 10, 2025 Margaret Cooney, Cody Hankerson
About Extreme Heat, We Need to Prioritize Children In the NewsJuly 8, 2025 About Extreme Heat, We Need to Prioritize Children In an op-ed published by InsideSources, Hailey Gibbs highlights proven strategies that communities and policymakers can adopt to better mitigate the deadly effects of climate change for young children and infants. Jul 8, 2025 InsideSources Hailey Gibbs
What Trump’s Anti-Environment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Your Wallet, Health, and Safety ArticleJuly 7, 2025 What Trump’s Anti-Environment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Your Wallet, Health, and Safety In addition to cutting health care and food assistance programs, the act’s energy and environmental provisions would raise energy costs, increase pollution affecting Americans’ health, and increase safety risks in a worsening climate. Jul 7, 2025 Lucero Marquez, Jasia Smith
The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act Endangers the Transformation of Contaminated Sites for Clean Energy Production ArticleJuly 7, 2025 The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act Endangers the Transformation of Contaminated Sites for Clean Energy Production The congressional Republican spending bill, which President Donald Trump recently signed into law, kills tax credits that help communities turn idle toxic sites such as brownfields and abandoned mines into sources of clean energy and revenue. Jul 7, 2025 Alia Hidayat, Dylan Nezaj
The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Axing Funding and Staff for America’s National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ArticleJuly 1, 2025 The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Axing Funding and Staff for America’s National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands The number of visitors to America’s public lands remains at an all-time high, while the Trump administration has made drastic cuts to popular agencies. Jul 1, 2025 Sam Zeno, Jenny Rowland-Shea
What To Know About the Senate’s Public Lands Sell-Off ArticleJune 18, 2025 What To Know About the Senate’s Public Lands Sell-Off Among other damaging proposals, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a controversial plan to sell off public lands to pay for billionaire tax breaks. Jun 18, 2025 Drew McConville
The Destruction of Disaster Relief: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Emergency Disaster Preparedness and Relief Aid Past EventJune 17, 2025 The Destruction of Disaster Relief: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Emergency Disaster Preparedness and Relief Aid Join the Center for American Progress for the next in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will highlight how the Trump administration’s harms to federal disaster relief will affect Americans and how we can keep up the fight against these disastrous policies. Online Only Jun 17, 2025
With Americans Facing Utility Bill Increases This Year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens To Drive Costs Even Higher ArticleJune 13, 2025 With Americans Facing Utility Bill Increases This Year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens To Drive Costs Even Higher Across the country, nearly 60 electric and gas utilities are hiking or trying to hike utility bills this year, totaling nearly $38.3 billion for 56.7 million electric customers and $3.5 billion for 26 million natural gas customers; if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes, these bills will spike even higher. Jun 13, 2025 Akshay Thyagarajan, Shannon Baker-Branstetter
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Crushing America’s Electricity System ArticleJune 12, 2025 The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Crushing America’s Electricity System More than half of all new capacity added to the grid over the next 10 years will be lost if federal clean energy investment is terminated, threatening a failure to meet U.S. energy demands, to raise energy costs, and to cut jobs. Jun 12, 2025 Jasia Smith, Lucero Marquez, Trevor Higgins
Stars & lighthouses: Marine conservation that blends Pacific Islander wisdom and Western knowledge (commentary) In the NewsJune 11, 2025 Stars & lighthouses: Marine conservation that blends Pacific Islander wisdom and Western knowledge (commentary) In an op-ed for Mongabay, Angelo Villagomez makes an argument for why and how we should blend Indigenous islander conservation practices and Western conservation efforts. Jun 11, 2025 Mongabay Angelo Villagomez
Climate Change-Fueled Hurricanes Are Increasingly Destructive and Costly for U.S. Communities ReportJune 9, 2025 Climate Change-Fueled Hurricanes Are Increasingly Destructive and Costly for U.S. Communities More devastating climate-driven hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones are having widespread impacts—raising costs, increasing health risks, and deepening social inequities. Jun 9, 2025 Devon Lespier, Kalina Gibson, Cathleen Kelly
LNG Projects Are a Bad Deal for Germans and Americans ReportJune 4, 2025 LNG Projects Are a Bad Deal for Germans and Americans Subsidizing fossil gas, especially long-term contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG), undermines Germany’s energy independence, national security, public health, and climate goals, while also raising energy prices and pollution for Americans. On the other hand, accelerating the deployment of affordable and cleaner technologies across sectors could lower costs and pollution. Jun 4, 2025 Milena Pressentin, Josefin Schmidt, Julian Schwartzkopff, 3 More Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Jasia Smith, Akshay Thyagarajan
The Trump Administration’s Assault on Environmental Protections Will Give Polluters a Free Pass While Causing Millions of Asthma Attacks ReportJune 3, 2025 The Trump Administration’s Assault on Environmental Protections Will Give Polluters a Free Pass While Causing Millions of Asthma Attacks The Trump administration’s plan to weaken clean air protections could cause more than 10,000 asthma attacks per day while cutting lifesaving asthma prevention programs and as House Republicans seek to slash pollution reduction efforts, clean technology investments, and essential health care coverage—all to give tax breaks to billionaires. Jun 3, 2025 Cathleen Kelly, Jill Rosenthal, Leo Banks
See Them While You Can: Trump’s Policies Threaten America’s National Parks and Public Lands ArticleMay 28, 2025 See Them While You Can: Trump’s Policies Threaten America’s National Parks and Public Lands By selling out national parks and other public lands, the Trump administration is endangering some of America’s great travel destinations. May 28, 2025 Sam Zeno, Drew McConville
Cuts to the VA Will Leave Veterans Without the Benefits They Were Promised VideoMay 23, 2025 Cuts to the VA Will Leave Veterans Without the Benefits They Were Promised Recent federal cuts threaten fundamental services and support for U.S. veterans, farmers, and communities at large. May 23, 2025 Margaret Cooney, Hai-Lam Phan, Toni Pandolfo, 1 More Tom Moore
House Republicans Are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing ArticleMay 21, 2025 House Republicans Are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing Claims from congressional Republicans and the Trump administration that supporting domestic manufacturing is a priority are completely undercut by their efforts to strip incentives and kill successful programs. May 21, 2025 Mike Williams, Leo Banks
How Climate Change Makes Wildfires More Dangerous ReportMay 20, 2025 How Climate Change Makes Wildfires More Dangerous The harms caused by climate change-fueled wildfires—from the loss of life and long-term health impacts to the destruction of homes and businesses and social inequity impacts—are widespread and growing. May 20, 2025 Devon Lespier, Jasia Smith, Mariel Lutz, 1 More Margaret Cooney
States Must Lead the Way To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat ArticleMay 20, 2025 States Must Lead the Way To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat In the absence of federal action to protect workers from the rising dangers of exposure to extreme heat on the job, states must take the lead—and can look to existing and proposed standards from other localities for guidance. May 20, 2025 Jill Rosenthal, Reema Bzeih
The House Republican Plan To Increase Gas and Electricity Prices ArticleMay 16, 2025 The House Republican Plan To Increase Gas and Electricity Prices Terminating almost all federal clean energy investments will increase electricity rates and raise the price of gasoline by between 25 cents and 37 cents per gallon, costing households more than $400 billion on energy over the next decade. May 16, 2025 Trevor Higgins
Congress’ Tax Bill Is Selling Out America’s Public Lands and Waters ArticleMay 6, 2025 Congress’ Tax Bill Is Selling Out America’s Public Lands and Waters The tax bill would now include the largest sellout of public lands by Congress in modern U.S. history. May 6, 2025 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Drew McConville
Executive Summary: Nearshore Ocean Progress Fact SheetMay 5, 2025 Executive Summary: Nearshore Ocean Progress Increasing focus on nearshore ocean conservation will benefit people and communities and provide more effective protections for wildlife. May 5, 2025 Alia Hidayat, Grey Gowder, Jasmin Graham, 4 More Jewel Tomasula, Jenna Valente, Alissa Weinman, Angelo Villagomez
Nearshore Ocean Progress ReportMay 5, 2025 Nearshore Ocean Progress Increasing focus on nearshore ocean conservation will provide benefits to people and communities alongside more effective protections for wildlife. May 5, 2025 Alia Hidayat, Grey Gowder, Jasmin Graham, 4 More Jewel Tomasula, Jenna Valente, Alissa Weinman, Angelo Villagomez
The Congressional Republican Budget Plan Will Hurt Americans’ Wallets ArticleMay 5, 2025 The Congressional Republican Budget Plan Will Hurt Americans’ Wallets Congressional Republicans are gearing up to pass their budget reconciliation legislation in the coming months—a plan that gives tax cuts disproportionately to the rich while raising costs on everyday Americans. May 5, 2025 Lucero Marquez, Natalie Baker
A reckless sale of public lands won’t solve the housing crisis ArticleMay 2, 2025 A reckless sale of public lands won’t solve the housing crisis In an op-ed published by The Hill, Drew McConville explains why selling off our public lands is a slippery slope and a poor answer to the housing crisis. May 2, 2025 The Hill Drew McConville