Environment America

Today, a Congressional committee is holding a hearing on the Potomac River sewage spill. Tomorrow, a different committee is voting on a bill that would cut the main funding program for dealing with sewage pollution by 27%. This makes no sense. #Safe4Swimming @PotomacRiver

57 million illnesses a year are linked to swimming in polluted water in the US--with one factor being sewage and stormwater runoff due to failing infrastructure. Our Safe for Swimming? report shows that the problem is widespread. See the report here: environmentamerica.org/center/resourc…

Today is Endangered Species Day, an important day to call attention to the plight of wildlife across the US. Here's some of the work we're currently doing to protect endangered and threatened species: environmentamerica.org/articles/key-w…

It's Endangered Species Day. One of our top priorities is protecting endangered wolves from hunting.

Today @EnvAm and @FrontierGroupUS unveiled our State of Renewable Energy 2026 dashboard. Incorporating 2025 data, we show state-level growth of #wind, #solar, #EnergyStorage, #efficiency, #electricvehicles and EV charging. Core findings in this thread 1/9 environmentamerica.org/center/resourc…

U.S. wind and solar have roughly tripled since 2016, and clean energy continues its growth across the country. Visit @EnvAm and @FrontierGroupUS’s interactive State of Renewable Energy 2026 dashboard to see #RenewablesRising in all 50 states. environmentamerica.org/center/resourc…

Trillions of plastic pellets are spilled or dumped into our environment every year. Volunteers like these couldn't possibly clean up every single one. That's why we need to hold polluters accountable -- and most importantly, stop producing so much plastic in the first place.

Some folks, like those profiled in this @AP story, care about solar for reasons other than the environmental benefits that come with getting less of our energy from polluting fossil fuels. Whatever your reason, we're glad to work alongside you. #GoSolar. apnews.com/article/solar-…

In 2022, America was retiring coal-fired power plants at a rate that would leave the grid coal-free by 2040. Last year, those retirements slowed to a crawl. At the current pace, coal plants would run until 2065. environmentamerica.org/center/resourc…

In Earth Day push, Okefenokee backers want no-mining pledge near swamp bit.ly/3OyALHy

Environmentalists delivered a 26,000-signature petition urging Chemours to pledge no mining near the Okefenokee, citing risks despite the company saying it has no plans. #gapol georgiapress.com/news/state/pre…

In Earth Day push, Okefenokee backers want no-mining pledge near swamp ajc.com/business/2026/…

This #WaterWednesday - and also #EarthDay - we are celebrating The Great Salt Lake in Utah– the largest saline lake in the entire Western Hemisphere.

The U.S. Forest Service has proposed stripping back protections for 45 million acres of national forest. This Earth Day, you can be a champion for wild forests and join our campaign to defend our nation’s trees from logging and development: environmentamerica.org/take-action/ma…

Renewable energy is growing rapidly, but we also need to transition away from dirty energy sources. We can’t afford to lose ground on that front,” said @NeumannJo "A healthy, safe environment is essential for a good quality of life."

The second brief finds that coal-fired power plants whose retirements have been delayed produced 3% of power-sector nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide pollution in 2023. environmentamerica.org/center/resourc…

New research released for #EarthDayEveryDay finds that despite the rapid growth of renewable energy usage, the even-more-explosive growth of data centers is delaying the transition to a cleaner grid in ways that could harm the air we breathe. environmentamerica.org/center/media-c…

We can’t let places this remote, special and ecologically important be paved over by roads. Let’s keep logging and new road construction out of our national forests.

Our forests are where we hike and run, cycle and camp with our families. These kinds of untouched natural spaces give us something that we just can’t find anywhere else. And that special quality vanishes the moment they’re interrupted by pavement, tires and car exhaust.

A road is built through a forest…what happens next? Road construction can do irreparable harm to our forests, warping the landscape and ecosystem in myriad ways.