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Groups to Sue Trump's Fish & Wildlife Service After Officials Refuse Protections for Endangered Wolverines
'Incredibly Reckless': Trump Moves to Expand Fossil Fuel Drilling in Alaska's Western Arctic Region
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Caribou in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
"At a time when oil prices are cratering, prioritizing expanding oil and gas drilling anywhere—let alone the Arctic—is ridiculous."
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As Covid-19 Cases and Unemployment in the US Climb, 39 Groups Launch Coalition for Clean Energy and Healthy Communities
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Workers set up a solar PV power system.
"The Covid-19 pandemic has made clear that the health of nature, the health of...
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Trump's Final Plan to Open Treasured Public Lands in Utah Called 'Sellout' to Big Oil
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Cedar Mesa Citadel Ruins
The administration's new managment plans "are the latest in a series of insults...
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Gray wolf
Issuing 'Death Sentence' to Gray Wolves, Trump Admin Moves to Gut Federal Protections
Demonstrators gather in Lafayette Square during a demonstration organized by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) protesting President Donald Trump's declaration of emergency powers on February 18, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Nationwide Rallies Denounce #FakeTrumpEmergency and President's Anti-Immigrant Agenda
'No to $5 Billion, No to $2.1 Billion, No to $1.6 Billion': Progressive Groups Pressure Democrats to Reject Any Funding for Trump's Anti-Immigrant Agenda
ANWR
Trump Admin Charges Ahead With 'Reckless' Plan to Turn Over Arctic Wildlife Refuge to Fossil Fuel Industry
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Challenge to Trump's Environmentally Disastrous Plan to 'Wreak Havoc Along the Border' Blocked by Supreme Court
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New Report Details Trump's Devastating War on Science—And How New Congress Can Fight Back
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'An Insult to Our National Wildlife': Trump Reverses Ban on GMOs and Bee-Killing Pesticides in Refuges
Trump Takes 'Wrecking Ball' to Endangered Species Act, Opens Door for Corporate Attack on Wildlife
red wolf
As GOP Pushes Overhaul, Conservationists Mobilize to Save 'Endangered Species Act From Extinction'
anwr
Showing 'Total Disregard for Indigenous Rights and Public Wishes,' Trump Moves to Open Alaska Wildlife Refuge to Drilling
Judge to Preside Over Border Wall Case Two Years After Trump Attacked His Mexican Heritage
Ignoring Local Tribes and Public Outcry, Trump Carves Up National Monuments for Mining and Drilling

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