Clean Air Task Force

Infrastructure, Legal, News & Media June 18, 2026 Eight environmental groups support lawsuit seeking to end Defense Department’s de facto ban on approval of new wind projects WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 18, 2026) – Environmental groups today urged a federal court to move quickly to force the Defense Department to end its de facto ban on new wind energy projects.

June 18, 2026 London, United Kingdom – Clean Air Task Force (CATF) will bring its global expertise and cross-sector perspective to London Climate Action Week, convening with policymakers, industry leaders, investors, and civil society to advance practical climate and energy solutions in an increasingly fragmented geopolitical and economic landscape.

June 18, 2026 Work Area: Fusion In September 2024, the Future of European Competitiveness, better known as the Draghi Report, concluded that fusion was one of the industries with breakthrough potential capable of contributing to reversing the continent’s stagnation in productivity growth. It therefore called for “an overarching innovation strategy” for the commercialisation of fusion energy within the EU. Nearly two years later, Europe is still waiting for an EU fusion strategy.

June 18, 2026 Work Area: Fusion Clean Air Task Force (CATF) today announced the formation of the Steering Committee for the International Working Group on Materials Database for Fusion (IWG MatDB4Fusion), a global initiative designed to accelerate fusion energy development through improved access to high-quality, standardized materials data. MatDB4Fusion is a comprehensive, quality-controlled database for materials used in the fusion energy sector.

The United States is entering a new phase in the development of fusion energy. After decades of scientific progress and growing private-sector investment, multiple companies are now working toward demonstrating commercial fusion systems in the next decade to meet rising energy demand with affordable, reliable, and clean energy.

The promise of superhot rock geothermal (SHR) energy is immense. By tapping into subsurface rock temperatures exceeding 400°C, it could deliver abundant, reliable, clean power virtually anywhere on Earth. That’s power that could help countries strengthen energy security, support industrial growth, and help meet growing electricity demand. But unlocking that promise requires more than technical ingenuity.

CATF welcomes Poland’s 6–9 GW nuclear target and coal-region siting progress, but warns that delayed decisions on the second plant, unclear SMR policy and fuel reprocessing risks could undermine delivery. 1. The security risk: Reprocessing of spent fuel may lead to a “plutonium economy” The published strategy indicates that Poland is considering  spent nuclear fuel reprocessing.

June 11, 2026 The Colorado General Assembly ended its 2026 legislative session on May 13. Both directly and with partners, CATF engaged on over a dozen bills in the state during this session, as well as other bill concepts that did not get introduced but created opportunities for a productive session next year.

June 10, 2026 Work Area: Fusion In the United States, California has long been at the frontier of the nation’s pursuit of harnessing fusion as an energy source, the process by which lighter atomic nuclei, such as hydrogen, merge to form a heavier nucleus, releasing energy. This is the same reaction that powers stars, requiring extreme temperatures and pressures.

Infrastructure, Legal, Policy June 9, 2026 Last month, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized the repeal of its Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, also known as the Public Lands Rule. The original rule, issued in 2024, was a landmark action to improve management of public lands, including by facilitating development of renewable energy and electric transmission.