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From left, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., hold a news conference on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

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When States Act, Markets Follow: The Ripple Effects of PFAS and Chemical Safety Policies

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The High Price of Diesel Pollution

The Fibre Excellence pulp mill and Saint-Gaudens biomass-fueled cogeneration power plant in southwestern France on February 10, 2026. Fibre Excellence is a leader in its sector but threatened with closure of its two biomass power plants in France–Saint-Gaudens 31 and Tarascon 13–within a month due to Électricité de France's (EDF Group) low purchase price for the electricity they produce.
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To Save Nature, Countries Should Eliminate Subsidies that Harm Forests

Emissions pouring from Kyger Creek Power Plant and Gavin Power Plant, two coal-fired power stations located in Cheshire, Ohio, as seen from the West Virginia side of the Ohio River. Due to groundwater contamination and air pollution, the owners of Gavin Power Plant were forced to buy the properties of the residents of Cheshire; it is now almost a ghost town.
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The EPA Cooks the Books in Trying to Cook the Planet

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Power plants are responsible for a quarter of U.S. carbon emissions. And yet, the Trump administration proposed to abandon its legal authority to regulate climate pollution from power plants, which would bring more unnatural disasters, dirtier air, and higher costs for families. Help us stop this illegal attempt to hand polluters a free pass while the rest of us pay the price.

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Tell Costco and Walmart to come clean on toilet paper

Two of Costco's and Walmart's paper products earned an F on NRDC's sustainability scorecard. But on top of that, the retailers refuse to say whether they profit from using a Canadian pulp mill that relies on the clearcutting of wildlife-rich, climate-critical forests, and that is actively worsening a mercury poisoning crisis.

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Our seas aren’t gas stations

U.S. energy company Mexico Pacific has been trying to turn a marine sanctuary—home to nearly 40 percent of all marine mammal species—into a gas station and shipping channel for liquefied natural gas. Tell Mexico Pacific to reverse its plans to export dirty energy out of the Gulf of California.

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