Sally Hardin is the senior director of Energy and Environment Campaigns at American Progress. Before joining American Progress, she worked on Alaska conservation issues. Prior to that, Hardin worked for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. She holds a master’s degree in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School and a bachelor’s degree in environmental policy from Colorado College.
State Climate Leadership Is Coming to the Nation’s Capital in 2021
Candidates from states with existing climate commitments won in the 2020 election and will bring lessons from this state-level climate action to Washington.
Blocking Access to Scarce Water Supply Can Stop Oil Companies From Drilling the Arctic Refuge
Building a massive seawater treatment plant along the Arctic Refuge’s coastline is among the many regulatory and technical hurdles that the oil industry is likely to have to clear.
4 Ways the Trump Administration Has Made Our Air Dirtier During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration has weakened or rolled back four different air pollution regulations—further impairing Americans’ respiratory health during a public health crisis.
The Impact of the Coronavirus on the Renewable Energy Industry
With the renewable energy industry expected to see significant job losses and project delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is now more important than ever for Congress to invest in this industry in an effort to sustainably rebuild the U.S. economy.
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.
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.
A Vast Liquidation of Public Lands Is Underway in Alaska
The Trump administration’s attempted sell-out of Alaskan forests, wildlife, and waters would be one of the largest liquidations of public lands in U.S. history—and is sure to tarnish the state’s future and worsen its budget problems.
The Companies With the Best Kept Secret in the Arctic Refuge
With the Trump administration intent on holding an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this year, three corporations have gone to extreme lengths to keep secret their information about what lies beneath it.
12 Climate Wins From the National Environmental Policy Act
The National Environmental Policy Act requires the federal government to consider the impacts of climate change for proposed projects. The Trump administration has dismissed this condition—and it has come back to haunt them in the courts.
Trump’s EPA Poised to Undo Progress on Mercury Pollution Reduction
The next move by the Environmental Protection Agency, under Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, could undo years of state progress on reducing toxic air pollution from power plants.
