Political Leaders

Vancouver, B.C. – Ecojustice Climate Program Director Alan Andrews issued the following statement in response to Joe Biden’s election as the next president of the United States: “The next president of the United States, Joe...

Today EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed two rules that weaken or eliminate key safeguards that reduce oil-and-gas sector methane pollution, a potent greenhouse gas. In response, Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp issued the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Trump administration signed a tentative deal with Mexico and Canada to make revisions to Trump’s NAFTA 2.0. While details of the deal are still pending, a factsheet from the...

WASHINGTON— President Trump today will submit the official withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change. Trump’s withdrawal comes days after the Chilean government cancelled its plan to host...

Rule repeal will remove critical safeguards to prevent another well blowout and oil spill. The Trump administration today is expected to issue a rule rolling back safety regulations designed to prevent another Deepwater Horizon tragedy....

(Washington, D.C. – December 3, 2018) Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council are suing the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency over the agency’s failure to release crucial materials relevant to its...

Change in power likely means enhanced oversight, deeper commitment to environmental protection Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, released the following statement in response to the announcement that the Democratic Party will take control of the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, The Hill reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt plans to repeal key parts of the Chemical Safety Rule meant to inform the public of chemical hazards before disasters happen. The...

Almost half a million Americans registered overwhelming opposition, as public comment periods closed late yesterday on two Trump administration proposals to tear down clean air and taxpayer protection measures. Under a Bureau of Land Management...

The Nature Conservancy opposes the decision by the Trump Administration to roll back greenhouse gas emission standards for new light duty vehicles, as it undermines the basic safeguards that protect our air, land and...

Administration cuts public out of permit process, meets with trophy hunters Four conservation and animal protection groups today sued the Trump administration over its secretive new policy of approving elephant and lion trophy imports behind...

Trump's action is unprecedented in American history Salt Lake City, UT —Today President Trump flew to Utah and issued a proclamation gutting Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Southern Utah in violation of...