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Trump’s Unprecedented Attack on Clean Air and Climate Action

Trump’s Unprecedented Attack on Clean Air and Climate Action

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to begin the process of repealing several Obama-era actions tackling the climate crisis and protecting clean air and water, including steps to begin the process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan, roll back Oil and Gas New Source Performance Standards, rescind National Environmental Policy Act guidance that […]

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    Trump Lied: Keystone XL Now Allowed to Be Built Using Imported Steel

    Trump Lied: Keystone XL Now Allowed to Be Built Using Imported Steel

    Late Thursday evening, news broke that TransCanada, the company behind the formerly rejected Keystone XL pipeline, will not be required to use U.S. steel to construct the dirty tar sands pipeline from Alberta, Canada through the U.S. to refineries in the Houston area. This is in spite of the repeated pledges by President Trump—including at […]

    Ban Fracking Now!

    Ban Fracking Now!

    For the record, I’m against Hydraulic fracturing or fracking for short. I’m against people who are for and do Hydraulic fracturing. Reason: People have a right to clean air and clean water. (PERIOD) Ban Fracking Now! #DontFrackMD All Power to the People!!!@HipHopCaucus pic.twitter.com/WQO4R5AYAR — rev yearwood ✊? (@RevYearwood) March 2, 2017 This is not about […]

    Debunking ‘Alternative Facts’ About Pesticides and Organic Farming

    Debunking ‘Alternative Facts’ About Pesticides and Organic Farming

    With the growing demand for organic foods in the U.S., there has been a backlash from agribusiness groups, companies and individuals who see organic as a threat to their interests. These critics accuse the organic industry of using deceptive marketing practices to get consumers to pay more money for organic food. Another line of attack […]

    Zinke Confirmation Threatens Our Public Lands

    Zinke Confirmation Threatens Our Public Lands

    The Senate voted today to confirm Rep. Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Department of the Interior. His confirmation will be followed by a rally today at noon outside the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. The rally will demonstrate people’s love of the outdoors and the fierce expectation that Sec. Zinke stand firm […]

    Bernie Sanders Deserves Better

    Bernie Sanders Deserves Better

    I was shocked to learn that last week the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) gave Sen. Bernie Sanders a score of 6 percent in their 2016 National Environmental Scorecard. LCV claims that Sen. Sanders received such a low score because he missed votes while he was running his historic presidential campaign. But there may be […]

    3 Trump Targets: Here’s What’s at Stake

    3 Trump Targets: Here’s What’s at Stake

    [Editor’s note: President Trump signed another executive order on Friday aimed at eliminating regulations.] The Washington Post has reported that the Trump administration may announce a number of executive orders in the coming days. The rumored targets—the Clean Power Plan, the Clean Water Rule and the federal coal leasing moratorium—protect our air and water, save […]

    India Doubles Down on Renewables

    India Doubles Down on Renewables

    After a week in India, despite crowding, intensity and poverty, there is an undeniable lightness from plunging into a country firmly fixed on its future, not its past, moving forward however jerkily and energized. World's Largest Solar Farm Leapfrogs India to Third in Utility-Scale Solar https://t.co/25pE8C8quL @Solar_Builder @RealSolar — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) December 3, 2016 Here’s […]

    ‘We’ll Rise as One and Resist’ Trump’s Attack on People and Planet

    ‘We’ll Rise as One and Resist’ Trump’s Attack on People and Planet

    For all the bewilderment and chaos of President Trump’s first month in office, on one point he’s been all too clear: He is dead set on destroying the commonsense safeguards we all depend on to protect our environment and health, crippling our government’s ability to stand up to industrial polluters and shutting down the voice […]