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After Election Fiasco, Britain’s New Environment Secretary Is “Unfit for the Job”

Britain's new Environment Secretary was once the most hated politician in the land. It is easy to understand why.

Less PowerPoint. More Power.

After that paranoid, delusional babble in the Koch-sponsored Rose Garden last week, Trump has united and energized the global climate movement like never before. The critical question is this: How do we build more political power, and how do we win?

Dominion’s Deep Reach in Virginia Taints Atlantic Coast Pipeline Approval Process

There is a growing political scandal in Virginia regarding the ubiquitous influence of the state’s largest energy company, Dominion Energy, and it’s raising fundamental questions about the integrity of the governor’s office and state regulators who will decide the fate of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Trump Dismissed as “Climate Buffoon” After Paris Pull-Out

It was meant to be Donald Trump’s greatest triumph. Yet it will prove his greatest failure. It was meant to send a strong powerful message to his supporters at home. But it backfired at home and abroad and left the President more isolated than ever before.

To Lead on Climate, Virginia’s Governor Can and Must Stop Pipelines

As Donald Trump appears poised to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement and further entrench the power of the fossil fuel industry within our federal government, state and local action on climate becomes ever more crucial.

Would we be better off if “Rogue US” left the Paris Climate Agreement?

As the world waits for Donald Trump to make a decision on whether he will pull the US out of the UN Paris climate agreement, the Financial Times asks a simple question: “Might the world be better off if the US simply left?”

“Climate Criminal” Trump to “Leave Paris Deal” This Week

There are reports that Trump has already made up his mind to pull out of the UN Paris climate agreement

As Others Plot the Renewables Revolution, Trump Walks Backwards to Drill Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

As energy pioneers disrupt that market towards clean tech, Trump and his fossil fuel buddies cling to a by-gone age of fossil fuels. But we must not let them destroy America's "crown jewels" in what could be one of the last destructive acts of the hydrocarbon age

3 Key Questions Trump’s Fossil-Friendly FERC Nominees Must Answer

Tomorrow morning, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is set to grill Trump’s two nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the primary federal agency that oversees the permitting of interstate gas pipelines.

Environmental Protection Agency to be “Sledgehammered” in Budget

As the White House prepares to announce its first full budget later today, as predicted the Environmental Protection Agency and other measures to protect the nation's air, water and health, are firmly in Trump’s sights.