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Michigan Governor Recommends Flint Reconnect to Detroit Water To End Lead Contamination Crisis

October 8, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO – In the wake of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s recommendation that the City of Flint reconnect to the Detroit water system to stem its lead-contamination woes, leaders from the ACLU of Michigan and the Natural Resources Defense Council today…

New Air Quality Standard Insufficient to Protect Public Health

October 1, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 1, 2015) – The Obama Administration today tightened the limit for ground-level ozone or smog pollution—one of the most pervasive and dangerous pollutants we inhale—to 70 parts per billion (ppb). The following is a statement by John Walke…

Groups Petition EPA for Emergency Response to Flint, MI Drinking Water Contamination

October 1, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO – In response to the ongoing drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, a coalition of local citizens and national groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to take emergency action to secure safe, lead-free water for the City’s…

New "Waste Free Kitchen Handbook" Out Today

September 29, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (September 29, 2015) –U.S. consumers are collectively responsible for more wasted food than farmers, grocery stores or any other part of the food-supply chain—a problem that costs the average family an average of about $1,500 every year—but a…

U.N. Countries Adopt Goal of Reducing Wasted Food Worldwide by 50 Percent Per Capita

September 25, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (September 25, 2015) – The countries of the United Nations today adopted their first-ever shared goal for cutting food loss and waste worldwide—setting a target of cutting per capita food waste in half from the retail and consumer…

Obama Administration Sets Goal of Reducing Wasted Food Nationwide by 50 Percent

September 16, 2015 Press Release

NEW YORK (September 16, 2015) – The Obama administration today announced America’s first-ever goals for cutting food waste nationwide—setting a target of 50 percent by 2030. The announcement comes a week before the United Nations is expected to announce global…

Report Finds Most Fast Food Chains Serve Meat Raised on Drugs

September 15, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 15, 2015) — A new report and scorecard released today by several consumer, health, and environmental groups grades America’s 25 largest fast food and fast casual chains on their meat and poultry antibiotics policies, with all but…

New “Waste Free Kitchen Handbook” Offers Guide to Saving Food & Money at Home

September 9, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (September 9, 2015) –U.S. consumers are collectively responsible for more wasted food than farmers, grocery stores or any other part of the food-supply chain—a problem that costs the average family an average of about $1,500 every year—but a…

COURT: Worst Mercury Pollution in Maine’s History Must be Cleaned Up

September 2, 2015 Press Release

BANGOR, Maine (September 2, 2015) – A Maine court today held the former owners of a chlorine bleach plant accountable for tons of mercury it dumped into the Penobscot River over the course of four decades. The judge ordered the…

As Subway Moves to Reduce Antibiotics in Chicken, Groups Call for Details and Timelines

September 1, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO (September 1, 2015) — Following calls to action from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), US PIRG, Friends of the Earth, Center for Food Safety, Keep Antibiotics Working, Food Animals Concern Trust, Consumers Union and FoodBabe.com, Subway appears…

Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue EPA Over Dangerous Drilling and Fracking Waste

August 26, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 26, 2015) – A coalition of environmental organizations filed a legal notice with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today demanding regulations to stop oil and gas companies from dumping drilling and fracking waste in ways that threaten…

NRDC Turns Up Pressure on Subway to Disclose Antibiotic Use in Meat Production

August 26, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON D.C. (August 26, 2015) – As Subway marks its 50th anniversary later this week, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today launched a national campaign urging Subway, the world’s largest fast food chain by number of locations, to publicly…

Legal Analysis: Strong Likelihood EPA Climate Plan Will Stand Up in Court

July 30, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 30, 2015) –The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan is likely to prevail against an expected barrage of legal challenges by big polluters and their allies, according to legal experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club…

Poof! Go the Petcoke Piles, But Neighbors Still Bracing for Fight in Chicago

July 28, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (July 28, 2015) – A letter quietly issued by the City of Chicago ensures that black mounds of oil refining waste will disappear from the landscape of Chicago’s Southeast Side.

Voluntary EPA Program to Reduce Methane from Oil & Gas Industry Won’t Cut It

July 23, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 23, 2015) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a proposed voluntary initiative for reducing methane pollution from the oil and gas industry, called the Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program.

Groups Sue EPA for Failure to Protect Communities from Hazardous Spills from Storage Facilities

July 21, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 21, 2015) – The Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform (EJHA) and People Concerned About Chemical Safety (PCACS), joined by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), sued the Environmental Protection Agency today, citing its decades-long failure…

NRDC President Rhea Suh Urges Support for Historic Clean Power Plan

July 15, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 15, 2015) – Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, today called for urgent and strong action to combat dangerous climate change, and released a 12-chapter resource manual that bolsters the case for the Environmental Protection…

New Report: U.S. Power Sector Continues to Reduce Air Pollution Emissions in Advance of EPA’s Clean Power Plan

July 14, 2015 Press Release

BOSTON, MA – The most comprehensive analysis to date on U.S. power plant air pollution emissions shows that most of the nation’s largest electric utilities have seen significant reductions in global warming pollution in recent years. The report’s release comes…

Senator Kirk, Your Sewage Bill Doesn’t Cover Up Stinky Climate Vote

July 10, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (July 10, 2015) – Senator Mark Kirk held a press conference today touting his environmental credentials in the face of withering criticism of his recent vote to block action to cut dangerous carbon emissions from America’s power plants. In…

GOP Leaders Pack Anti-Environment Riders into Spending Bill

July 7, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 7, 2015) – Congressional Republicans have been working to add an array of anti-environment riders to the $30.17 billion fiscal year 2016 Interior and Environment appropriations bill, which already included a 9 percent cut to the Environmental Protection…