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\"\"<\/a>By Keith Gaby<\/a>, Senior Communications Director \u2013 Climate, Health, and Political Affairs <\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been almost a year of fighting President Donald Trump\u2019s reckless environmental agenda. For those feeling exhausted by the idea of spending three more years facing these serious threats, it\u2019s good to remember that we can win. In fact, in the last few weeks we\u2019ve scored four significant victories for public health and smart energy policy.<\/p>\n

A backwards energy plan is rejected<\/strong><\/p>\n

On January 8, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission\u00a0unanimously rejected<\/a>\u00a0a plan from Energy Secretary Rick Perry to waste money and pollute the air by protecting coal and nuclear plants from competition. Perry had claimed \u2014 without evidence \u2014 that his bloated plan was needed to provide energy resilience.<\/p>\n

FERC made it clear that the proposal fell far short of unbiased, evidence-driven analysis. It was about politics, rather than resilience.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the fact that our grid survived the January \u201cbomb cyclone\u201d shows\u00a0that we don\u2019t need more coal to withstand the most extreme weather event.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Endangered Species Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling supporting protections for the Utah prairie dog, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Petitioners had challenged the powers of Congress to regulate intra-state species.<\/p>\n

The high court\u2019s\u00a0dismissal of the case affirms the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s authority to extend ESA protections to imperiled species that live entirely within one state. About 70 percent of all species protected under the act fall into that category.<\/p>\n

The timing and outcome of this particular case is a noteworthy win for wildlife as a\u00a0similar case<\/a>\u00a0is pending in a district court in Texas, and because the Trump administration and some members of Congress are seeking to\u00a0undermine the ESA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A dangerous EPA nominee withdraws<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump nominated\u00a0Michael Dourson<\/a>\u00a0to oversee the office that determines which chemicals are safe for our kids and families. Problem was, Dourson has a long history of working with the chemical and tobacco industries to minimize the risks of toxic chemicals.<\/p>\n

He was likely to set weak standards for protecting human health and to undermine\u00a0the strong chemical safety law passed in 2016.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0bipartisan outcry from across the country, including from victims of chemicals endorsed by Dourson, forced him to withdraw from consideration by the Senate on December 13, 2017.<\/p>\n

New Jersey says no to a nuclear bailout<\/strong><\/p>\n

Public Service Enterprise Group, parent company of the state\u2019s largest utility, tried to rush through\u00a0a bailout for itself<\/a>\u00a0in the final days of Gov. Chris Christie\u2019s administration. It would have asked New Jersey residents\u00a0to pay $300 million dollars for an unlimited number of years, without providing the information needed to determine if the plan was justified.<\/p>\n

It was the worst kind of corporate welfare, with no openness and nothing in return for the people of the state, such as more clean energy. But public pressure made them back down.<\/p>\n

Now, a new pro-environment governor and newly elected legislature will give the issue careful consideration and, hopefully, demand that any plan, if needed, works for people of the state.<\/p>\n

There will be fights we lose, but it\u2019s important to know we can still win if we keep working. To prevail, we\u2019ll need to continue to show\u00a0the real-world impacts of the Trump administration\u2019s plans \u2013 from the asthma attacks that would be caused by weak smog standards to the economic harm from hobbling clean energy.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0is not only about fighting bad policy, but also about keeping up our energy in the months ahead. Sustained activism is our only path.<\/p>\n

This post originally appeared on our Voices blog<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo source: Joe Brusky<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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