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As if on cue, Trump's EPA administrator just told a meeting of coal industry leaders that he granted their "wish list"—and that wasn't even the wildest quote from the event 🫠

Secretary Wright is steering us in the wrong direction. Data centers are straining the grid and adding costs because the rules weren’t built with them in mind. But with the right rules, data centers could fund upgrades to our electrical grid and lift the cost burden on families and small businesses.

What do wildfire smoke and rising energy costs have in common? Both are made worse by the Trump administration's policies. EDF Action President David Kieve reports on the air quality in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

You wouldn’t bench your best player right before the World Cup final, so why is the Trump administration trying to pull our top scientists off the field? This quiet new rule change could put your clean air, weather alerts and energy bills in the hands of political appointees.

Yes, this was an ACTUAL email sent to the EPA. 🙃 The Trump administration is making it easier than ever for industrial polluters to dirty our air—giving corporations a free pass while putting our health at risk.

It's real money. Trump's team has spent $2.5 billion and counting to cancel offshore wind projects. They're not pulling it out of thin air — they're using YOUR tax dollars to make YOUR bills more expensive.

This week marks the 10-year anniversary of a stronger Toxic Substances Control Act. But Congressional Republicans are now attempting to weaken this law. Americans deserve innovation and protection — not a retreat to an era when cancer-causing chemicals were allowed to cause harm.

From shorter ski seasons to smoky summers, extreme weather is shaking up the tourism industry in the American West. Idahoan Joe St. Onge describes the changes he’s faced in 25 years as a ski guide.

“These communities don’t need us here in Washington making [pollution] worse.” Yet that’s exactly what House Republicans voted to do by undermining the Clean Air Act.

We need to protect the Clean Air Act, doctor’s orders. Congresswoman & lung doctor Maxine Dexter knows that if Rs in Congress get their way & weaken the Clean Air Act, we’d be gutting the tools we need to protect Americans from more asthma attacks, more heart attacks & more cancer diagnoses.

Forget the side parts & skinny jeans—2016 was a huge year for our health. Congress strengthened the TSCA to prevent harmful chemicals from entering our products. Now, 10yrs later, Republicans & the Trump administration are trying to undo these protections, leaving all Americans more vulnerable.

Denying what's in black and white won't undo the damage the Trump administration has caused by (unlawfully) cancelling clean energy projects. Americans across the country are feeling the pain.

“Not now. Not ever.” House Republicans voted ‘yes’ on three separate bills to weaken the Clean Air Act and allow more toxic pollution. Rep. Adelita Grijalva said it right: We will not stand for putting polluters’ profits over our right to breathe.

The Trump administration is handing out free passes to polluters, like this smelter in Miami, AZ. These passes allow billion-dollar companies to skip out on low-cost solutions that reduce lead, arsenic and other toxics in the plant's emissions.

The Trump administration gave out free passes to pollute to every company that requested one—including a copper smelter in Arizona spewing lead and arsenic into the air just one mile from an elementary school.

Energy Sec. Chris Wright was "pretty confident" on Tuesday when he claimed coal would remain the top global energy source for years to come. A report released that same day proved otherwise: renewables overtook coal in 2025. Time to start investing in the clean, affordable energy of the future!

Rising energy costs hurt American families—and Hispanic families more than most. As EDF Action's Natasha Vidangos reminds us, voters can choose representation committed to tackling the energy affordability crisis.