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The Shutdown’s Impacts on National Parks and Public Lands Offer a Preview of Trump’s Long-Term Vision Article
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The Shutdown’s Impacts on National Parks and Public Lands Offer a Preview of Trump’s Long-Term Vision

Before and during the government shutdown, the Trump administration has pushed an agenda to sell out America’s public lands for drilling and mining while gutting the funding, staff, and policies necessary to steward those lands for future generations.

Drew McConville

The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution Report
In the background of the view of a residential street, smokestacks at the Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station are seen in Maysville, Kentucky.

The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution

The Trump administration’s plan to torpedo air pollution limits and cancer prevention programs while ripping away health care and cancer treatment and canceling clean energy investments will increase preventable cancer cases among Americans—all to enhance polluters’ profits and cut taxes for the superrich.

Residents in at Least 41 States and Washington, D.C., Are Facing Increased Electric and Natural Gas Bills Article

Residents in at Least 41 States and Washington, D.C., Are Facing Increased Electric and Natural Gas Bills

Energy bill tracker documents rate increases and proposals that would go into effect in 2025 or 2026. The Trump administration’s actions to discourage clean energy projects could send rates even higher.

States Can Lead the Way on an Abundant, Pro-Nature Clean Energy Future Article
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States Can Lead the Way on an Abundant, Pro-Nature Clean Energy Future

The Trump administration has falsely framed wind and solar power as harmful to wildlife in order to justify stifling affordable, rapid-to-deploy, clean energy. Here’s how state leadership can advance clean energy and conservation goals simultaneously.

Alia Hidayat

Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Means Payouts to the Oil and Gas Industry In the News

Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Means Payouts to the Oil and Gas Industry

In an op-ed published by The National Interest, Kendra Hughes and Lucero Marquez assert that President Trump's vision of "energy dominance" offers giveaways to the fossil fuel industry instead of the affordable, reliable, and domestically produced energy that America needs.

The National Interest

Kendra Hughes, Lucero Marquez

About Extreme Heat, We Need to Prioritize Children In the News

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.

InsideSources

Hailey Gibbs

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Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice

We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage.

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Strengthening Health

We work to strengthen public health systems and improve health care coverage, access, and affordability.

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Advancing Racial Equity and Justice

We apply a racial equity lens in developing and advancing policies that aim to root out entrenched systemic racism to ensure everyone has an opportunity to thrive.

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