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June 2026

One, big, beautiful year
American families are left watching a future built on unlimited clean energy produced within our own borders turn as murky as the water in the…
 • Allyn West
One big mess
The Trump administration is imposing new costs on millions of families — more pollution, higher electricity bills — at a time when the price of…
 • Allyn West
Secretary Wrong
"As you grow production of energy, prices go down," Energy Secretary Chris Wright tried to explain. And when you don’t?
 • Allyn West
What Juneteenth means now
"Climate justice is not separate from the fight for Black freedom; it is part of it," Dr. Margot Brown writes on a holiday "rooted in survival."
 • Allyn West
Laughing all the way to the brink
Electricity prices are eye-popping. The Trump administration’s misguided approach to energy is making the problem worse.
 • Allyn West
Chemicals are forever
The chemical industry is pushing Congress to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act, but advocates across the country are sharing their stories and…
 • Allyn West

May 2026

Hurricane Season's Greetings
The Trump administration has left communities across the country less informed, less prepared and more exposed to climate disasters that have never been…
 • Allyn West
So much wasted energy
Billions of dollars worth of gas are vanishing into thin air as the cost of electricity surges — and voters' disapproval of President Trump along with…
 • Allyn West
*Click here to pollute with impunity*
The Trump administration invited more than 500 industrial facilities to send emails requesting no-questions-asked exemptions from clean air laws that…
 • Allyn West
The new politics of pollution
The Trump administration keeps imposing the costs of waste and health harms on communities at a time when thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in…
 • Allyn West
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