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Trump Administration takes another step backward on climate by withdrawing NEPA guidance
WASHINGTON – Today the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) withdrew its guidance directing federal agencies to consider climate change and environmental justice impacts in reviews conducted under the National...
FERC re-authorizes CP2 LNG Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) quietly re-authorized the Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal and associated CP Express pipeline in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The decision re-authorizes one...
Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Illegal Freeze of Billions For Electric Vehicle Charging
WASHINGTON STATE – Today, a coalition of environmental, consumer, and community organizations joined a challenge to the Trump administration’s unlawful and indefinite freeze of billions in federal funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula...
Trump’s federal tax bill undermines critical environmental protections, economic progress in the South
The big, not-so-beautiful bill includes “pay to play” for polluters, eliminating oversight, and stripping funding for clean energy. WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives has passed a budget reconciliation bill that inflicts a barrage of...
Alabama Power threatened with lawsuit over continuing toxic coal ash pollution in Gadsden, Alabama
GADSDEN, Ala. — On behalf of Coosa Riverkeeper, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) put Alabama Power Company on notice that the Riverkeeper intends to sue the utility to stop ongoing groundwater pollution from Alabama Power’s...
MAJOR WIN: Frozen grants to be restored in lawsuit challenging federal funding freeze
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate federal funding for critical community programs across the country. The permanent injunction will restore the majority of the grants represented by...
Georgia Power, Public Service Commission staff agree to cut the public out of bill-making process
ATLANTA—Today, Georgia Power and the Georgia Public Service Commission Public Interest Advocacy Staff announced an agreement reached behind closed doors to settle how much Georgia’s data center boom will cost customers, shutting residents, small-business owners,...
Federal tax bill puts polluters above people
The big, not-so-beautiful bill includes “pay to play” for polluters, eliminating oversight, and stripping funding for clean energy. WASHINGTON – Congress is considering a barrage of cuts and policy moves that will impact everyone...
Groups File Brief in Support of Lawsuit Against Ban on Wind Power
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 10 environmental groups filed a legal brief today in support of an effort by states and industry to overturn the Trump administration’s government-wide ban on new wind energy projects. The amicus...
EPA abandons communities by weakening drinking water safeguards against PFAS, including GenX
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—EPA announced today its ill-advised plan to rescind essential drinking water standards for PFAS, eliminating standards for PFAS chemicals known to cause cancer and other health harms—including GenX, the PFAS chemical Chemours released...