(June 14, 2025) U.S. tariffs on batteries are slowing clean energy progress and increasing costs. This threatens to delay the shift to electric vehicles and renewable energy.

(June 13, 2025) In today’s world, it’s not enough for companies to focus solely on profits—people want to know how businesses impact the planet, society, and their own employees.

(June 12, 2025) Change the Chamber calls on policymakers across the political spectrum to reject these reckless attacks on environmental safeguards and defend the right to clean air, clean water, and a livable future for all.

(June 8, 2025) Our ocean covers around 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but harbors about ninety percent of global warming. The amount of heat energy the ocean has absorbed over the last six decades is more than eight times the amount of energy humans used over that time period for cooking, electricity, industry, heating, etc.

(June 7, 2025) From southern Canada to Indiana and Colorado, the American prairie lands were once home to a diverse range of species thriving in uninterrupted geography. In America today, only one percent of native prairies remain.

(June 5, 2025) At a time of record-breaking emissions, intensifying extreme weather events, and ongoing rollbacks of environmental protections, this is no moment to weaken the institutions that protect people and the planet.

(May 30, 2025) In a world where good news feels rare, especially in the fight against climate change, it’s more important than ever to pause and celebrate the wins we’ve all worked so hard for.

(May 30, 2025) The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument protects a vast and diverse ocean ecosystem vital to both wildlife and Indigenous cultures. Now, new threats put decades of conservation efforts at risk.

(May 29, 2025) Climate change and environmental degradation are impacting Guam’s ecosystems and communities at nearly every level.

(May 22, 2025) Brazil is one of the most biodiverse nations in the world, boasting around 20 percent of the world’s biodiversity with more than 140 thousand species, including more primate species than any other country (over 150 species.)

(May 22, 2025) As a youth-led organization, Change the Chamber sees this bill for what it is: an attack on our generation’s future. Young people across the country are stepping up to defend our planet and our communities, but we cannot build a better future if Congress keeps tearing down the progress we have fought so hard to make.

(May 17, 2025) The area of Louisiana, dubbed “Cancer Alley”, has nearly 200 petrochemical plants that produce toxic forever chemicals called PFAS. The predominantly African American communities that inhabit Cancer Alley have seen rates of cancer and respiratory illnesses skyrocket over the past 40 years. It’s time to address the discriminatory roots of Cancer Alley and how they affect the pollution present in the area today.

(May 16, 2025) According to the Department of the Interior’s website, the ESA has prevented the extinction of hundreds of species and helped American citizens better comprehend the repercussions of their actions on wildlife.

(May 14, 2025) As we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this May, it's important to recognize the often-overlooked contributions of these communities in the fight for environmental justice.

(April 25, 2025) As Africatown, Alabama approaches its 160th year of existence, the struggle against environmental racism requires both immediate protective action and long-term commitment to environmental restoration and community revitalization.

(April 24, 2025) Did the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission just remove “security” from their rulemaking?

(March 20, 2025) The overuse of ocean resources is causing significant environmental damage, threatening marine ecosystems worldwide. Emerging technologies like Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are helping monitor and protect artificial reefs, offering hope for the restoration and preservation of these vital ecosystems.

(March 14, 2025) The young adults and student groups of Change the Chamber are appalled by the Trump Administration’s recent attempts to slash critical environmental and public health protections within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

(March 13, 2025) Today, thousands of Indigenous people “are caring for the land and are powerful leaders advocating for clean water and healthy, free-flowing rivers.”

(March 13, 2025) A government shutdown is not an ideal outcome, but passing a CR that ignores the urgent need for climate action and government accountability would be an even greater harm to the American people.

(March 5, 2025) Change the Chamber strongly condemns the administration’s blatant assault on clean energy, environmental justice, and critical climate investments—actions that threaten to set our country on a dangerous path.

(March 3, 2025) Wind power accounts for more than 10 percent of the electricity generated in the U.S., supporting both the environment and job creation in the green energy sector. Despite misinformation suggesting otherwise, studies confirm that offshore wind energy is a dependable resource that poses no real threat to marine wildlife and can even help enhance ocean habitats.

(February 28, 2025) Change the Chamber urges policymakers to reject this dangerous rollback and instead advance solutions that protect public health, support economic growth, and ensure a sustainable future for all.

(February 27, 2025) Beyond the direct human toll of the war, this conflict is causing disastrous environmental conditions, including many conditions that cannot be reversed.

(February 26, 2025) The Senate budget resolution passed last week and the House budget resolution approved yesterday would severely undermine efforts to protect public health, build climate resilience, and transition to a clean energy economy.

(February 20, 2025) AI could be used in many ways to benefit us all, but without regulation and a focus on sustainable improvement, the damage AI will create will be detrimental.

(February 16, 2025) California’s state network of first responders includes over two thousand inmate firefighters who frequently put themselves in harm’s way to fight ever-increasing wildfires. These inmate firefighters are severely underpaid, and face a disproportionately dangerous job compared to civilian firefighters.

(February 6, 2025) As climate issues indiscriminately wreak havoc across all fifty states, the impacts of this decision will be detrimental to all Americans, especially to frontline communities that experience some of the highest rates of pollution and climate damages in the country.

(January 22, 2025) Across the country, thousands of harmful and inaccurate place names identify our outdoor spaces and geographic regions, often bearing terms used to degrade minority groups.

(January 20, 2025) Change the Chamber is deeply disappointed in the announcement of executive actions taken today by the Trump administration that weaken our nation’s progress on climate, sustainability, and environmental protection.