Action for a greener, healthier Montana

Only 6,000 remain, but gray wolves lose endangered protections

The United States could lose an iconic species forever — and throw away an unambiguous conservation success story.

Environment America backs ambitious new bill to protect marine habitats and our climate

To save the oceans, we need to act on climate. To act on climate, we need to save our oceans.

Energy efficiency works. We're going to court to defend it.

In August, the Trump administration announced a major potential change to how it decides energy efficiency standards, and not a good one -- so we've joined a lawsuit to stop them.

We testified to support expanding protections for North America's only barrier reef

This month, we spoke out for the world's third-largest coral reef, right off the coast of Florida. Read our February blog to see why this place is so special.

Your support makes it possible.

We’re working to harness our wealth, technology and imagination to make our communities and our country greener and healthier places to live for all of us.

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News Release | Environment America

Statement: Bank of America makes right choice by announcing they will not finance drilling in the Arctic

"The coastal plain of this iconic natural jewel is an irreplaceable area. It is home to endangered polar bears and the calving ground of the porcupine caribou herd. Considering the refuge’s unique role in the natural world, it would be a blundering error to finance the destruction of this precious habitat."

Blog Post

31 days for the environment: A countdown to 2021

Join Environment America in counting down the final days of 2020 with daily activities to celebrate and explore nature.

News Release | Environment America Research & Policy Center

New report: A blueprint for stronger, more sustainable American infrastructure

On Jan. 20, 2021, the United States will have a new president, helping to turn the page on a brutal year of disease and disruption. While stark political divisions will undoubtedly remain, a new report from U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Environment America Research & Policy Center, and Frontier Group lays out a vision to bridge political divides through infrastructure investment, seizing a critical opportunity to emerge as a stronger nation after the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

Report | Environment Montana Research & Policy Center

Blueprint for America

Americans agree: Our nation’s infrastructure needs work. This report provides the blueprint that should form the basis of an infrastructure plan that will make America stronger today and lay the foundation for a brighter future. 

News Release | Environment America

Statement: U.S. set to retake global leadership on climate with choice of John Kerry as Biden’s “climate czar

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts John Kerry the “climate czar” for the incoming administration. Biden has cited “the battle to save the climate” among his top five priorities. As the special presidential envoy for climate, Kerry will lead the administration’s efforts on global warming from a seat on the National Security Council.

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Coronavirus update

Our work to defend the environment can’t stop and won’t stop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll keep advocating on your behalf — at a safe social distance — for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate.