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Preserving Our Natural Wonders is a Patriotic Cause Worth Fighting
Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old, still fighting for public lands!”

Trump’s EPA is at War with the Americans it is Supposed to Protect
As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house. Under Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed its own mission. And last week, EPA Administration Lee Zeldin outright declared war on the American people.

Trump’s EPA is at War with the Americans it is Supposed to Protect
As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house. Under Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed its own mission. And last week, EPA Administration Lee Zeldin outright declared war on the American people.

They Cannot Rob Us of Our History and Our Place in America’s Story
My grandfather’s first cousin was Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh. Cousin Howard was part of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen. This month marks the 84th anniversary of the activation of the Squadron at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois, about 120 miles southwest of Chicago.

Letting Coal Die Will Save Both Lives and Money and Create Jobs (In Coal States Too!)
Note to every American: Keeping coal plants open – never mind bringing more online – kills people. And closing coal plants saves lives.

From Elon, With Love: You’re Fired.
It was February 14. But what nearly 400 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees got that day were not Valentines. They were pink slips.

Trump’s America Last Agenda is a Knife in the Back of Working People
Donald Trump’s playbook has always been to campaign like a populist and govern like an oligarch. But it is still shocking just how brutally he went after our country’s working people in the first few days – even the first few hours – after he was sworn in last week.

President Trump Will Raise Your Energy Bills
Ratepayers beware. Team Trump’s eagerness to enrich his fossil fuel industry cronies with his “drill baby drill” (and export baby export) agenda is going to raise energy costs for American households.

Trump’s Team is Coming for Climate Science. The Timing Couldn’t Be Worse.
It is official: 2024 was the hottest year on record. Temperatures not only surpassed 2023 as the previous hottest year, they leapt – for the first time – past the goal set in the Paris Climate Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.