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Michigan Governor Whitmer Issues Order for Safe Drinking Water

November 4, 2021 Press ReleaseMichigan

LANSING, MI ­– To ensure every Michigan community has access to safe drinking water, today Governor Whitmer issued a multi-pronged directive to strengthen the state’s rules, regulations, and policies. The state is providing free bottled water to Benton Harbor, Michigan…

Report: Heading into COP26, Canada is hiding more than 80 million tons of carbon emissions from logging

October 28, 2021 Press ReleaseCanada

Missing the Forest: How Carbon Loopholes for Logging Hinder Canada’s Climate Leadership

Get the Lead Out: Biden Administration Pledges Cross-Government Strategy to Protect Children and Communities at Risk

October 28, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a whole-of-government strategy intended to curb exposure to lead found in contaminated water, paint, air and soil, with a focus on children and communities at high-risk. There is no safe…

Biden Administration Proposes Partial Restoration of ESA Protections

October 26, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today proposed the repeal of two Trump-era regulatory changes that weakened critical habitat protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposed reversals are now…

Newsom Proposes Rule to Protect Communities from Oil Drilling

October 21, 2021 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO – Governor Newsom and his oil and gas supervisor, Uduak-Joe Ntuk, today announced a draft rule that would help protect communities from the health risks of oil drilling. California is the only oil producing state in the country without…

New Study Debunks Carbon Neutrality of Forest Biomass

October 13, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – A landmark new report shows that burning biomass for electricity will worsen climate change, rather than reduce carbon emissions as the industry claims. As American and global policymakers evaluate how to address their climate commitments, "A Bad Biomass…

Biden Protects National Monument Areas the Former Administration Tried to Dismantle

October 8, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – President Biden will sign proclamations today that will begin restoring protections to two treasured national monuments in Utah, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante, along with a spectacular marine monument off the coast of New England, the Northeast Canyons…

Canadian Loggers Forego Sustainability Practices, Opt to Continue Clearcutting Climate-Critical Boreal Forest, Finds New NRDC Analysis

October 7, 2021 Press ReleaseCanada

P&G’s claims that its tissue supply chain is sustainable are debunked

Governor Newsom Signs “Bruce’s Beach” Bill

September 30, 2021 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Los Angeles County will now return land to living descendants impacted by racist land practices

BlueConduit and Google.org Announce Coalition to Help Communities Quantify and Locate Dangerous Lead Service Lines

September 28, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

BlueConduit will create machine learning tools to map service lines and inform communities of risks with $3 million grant from Google.org and support from WE ACT and NRDC

Report: Tissue Market Is Shifting to Sustainability, But P&G Doubles Down on Flushing Climate-Critical Forests for Toilet Paper

September 15, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada

NRDC’s 2021 “Issue With Tissue” Scorecard Highlights Kimberly-Clark’s New Online Offering of 100% Recycled Toilet Paper & Bamboo Tissue Products Make the Grade, for the First Time

Illinois Set to be First Midwest State to Require 100 Percent Carbon-Free Energy by 2045

September 13, 2021 Press ReleaseIllinois

Most Comprehensive Clean Energy Legislation in State’s History, includes Equitable Statewide Jobs and Economic Investment Plan

House Panel Poised for Historic Action on Climate, Equity, Jobs & Health

September 10, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to vote on Monday on landmark legislation moving the country to 80 percent clean electricity, expanding clean vehicles, creating jobs and protecting communities from unsafe drinking water and climate impacts.

EPA Signals It Will Protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay

September 9, 2021 Press ReleaseAlaska

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will ask a federal court to allow the agency to vacate its own prior decision to lift safeguards against Pebble Mine, the massive open-pit gold and copper mine proposed for…

Stark IPCC Report Highlights Need for Swift, Decisive Global Climate Action

August 9, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States, International

WASHINGTON – The first assessment in eight years from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released today highlights the need for swift action by policymakers in the United States and abroad to address the increasing impacts of climate change…

Analysis of Biden Onshore Leasing Pause Finds No Dip in U.S. and Intermountain West Economies

August 4, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

DENVER - The pause on oil and gas leasing President Biden ordered upon taking office has a minimal effect on national and western regional economies, according to a new report by the Conservation Economics Institute (CEI). In fact, the analysis…

Report Reveals Inequities in the Exposure to the Urban Heat Island in New York City

July 20, 2021 Press ReleaseNew York City

Black and Latino Communities in Northern Manhattan are more vulnerable to heat-related health threats

120+ Groups Say Key Climate, Equity Provisions Needed in Infrastructure Bill

July 14, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – A group of more than 120 health, environment and social justice groups called on congressional leaders to ensure that bold climate and equity provisions are included in any infrastructure bill that advances in Congress.

House Transport Bill Tackles infrastructure, Racial Inequality and Climate

July 1, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – The House today passed the INVEST in America Act, a bold transportation and water infrastructure bill.

NRDC President on Alternative Infrastructure Plan: No Climate, No Deal

June 17, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – A group of senators is pushing an alternative infrastructure plan that ignores most of President Biden’s robust provisions addressing climate change in his American Jobs Plan.