Congress passes final spending bill with cuts to EPA, Interior budgets
The bill passed after a year of mass firings were conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
6 ways governments around the world are taking climate action
A surge in political momentum like this, from so many nations at once, gives us hope for a sustainable future.
Federal research has been stoking oil, gas interest in Bears Ears Monument for years
“Bears Ears could very well become another Standing Rock in both desecration and resistance."
New bill aims to restore ‘common-sense’ plastic water bottle ban in national parks
The bill would allow National Park Service regional directors the discretion to implement the policy and encourages them to develop a visitor education strategy to explain the rationale for the program.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, October 4
#MeToo unites against Kavanaugh, more proof Trump EPA 'working for coal millionaires', Sanders introduces bill to break up nation's largest Wall Street banks, and more.
Donald Trump’s feverish lust for green energy resources
It’s not about the climate, it’s about greed.
Trump admin sits on $43 billion intended for clean energy loans while unemployment soars
"These utility-led programs could drive significant job and economic growth statewide as we step out of our current pause."
Biden administration unveils nation’s first Ocean Climate Action Plan
“This Ocean Climate Action Plan is the first comprehensive approach that the U.S. has taken to leveraging the power of the ocean in the fight against climate change.”
Oil execs brag about having ‘direct access’ to Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary
This culture of access has had real environmental consequences.
Why the migrant caravan story is a climate change story
The harshest impacts of climate change are reserved specifically for the poor, the marginalized, the displaced, and in this case, the unauthorized.