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REPORT: EPA Can Quickly Cut Dangerous Methane Pollution from Oil and Gas Industry in Half

November 20, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 20, 2014) — A new report from leading climate advocates today shows how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can cut climate warming methane pollution in half, while dramatically reducing harmful, wasteful air pollution from the oil and…

House GOP Continues Its Anti-Science Campaign

November 19, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 19, 2014)—House Republicans continued their attack on science-based protections for public health and the environment today, passing on a largely party-line vote a bill that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from using certain peer-reviewed health research when…

New Carbon Reduction Goals by China, U.S. Are a Critical Step Forward

November 11, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 11, 2014) -- China and the Unites States tonight announced new targets for carbon pollution reductions. The following is a statement from Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council:

EPA Fails to Ban Toxic Chemical in Flea Collars and Pet Products; Ignores Health Risks to Kids

November 7, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 7, 2014) – In a major public health setback that will allow pet product companies to continue use of a hazardous neurotoxin called tetrachlovinphos (TCVP) in flea control products, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today denied Natural Resources…

Exide settles with California Department of Toxic Substances Control

November 6, 2014 Press Release

LOS ANGELES (November 6, 2014) — Exide Technologies, Inc. today announced a settlement agreement that will allow the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to begin review of Exide’s hazardous waste permit application. The settlement, which is subject to…

California Voters Approve Prop 1: Water Bond Funds 21st Century Clean and Reliable Water Solutions

November 4, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (November 4, 2014) — California voters today passed, by a very comfortable margin, Proposition 1, a new $7.5 billion water bond that will provide clean drinking water to disadvantaged communities and fund critical investments in regional water supply…

NRDC, Nine other Environmental Groups File Lawsuits Challenging NRC Failure to Comply with 2012 Court Ruling on Nuclear Waste Storage

October 29, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 29, 2014) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council and nine other environmental groups filed separate lawsuits today in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) decision to proceed…

New NRDC Report: China’s Ports Play Major Role in Country’s Air Pollution Problems

October 28, 2014 Press Release

NEW YORK (October 28, 2014) – China’s largely unregulated ports and shipping system generate significant air pollution that imposes a huge health and environmental burden and contributes to the country’s over 1 million pollution-related deaths each year, according to a…

Groups Petition FDA to Ban Toxic Chemicals Used in Pizza Boxes and Other Food Packaging

October 16, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 16, 2014) – The Natural Resources Defense Council and several groups today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban several toxic chemicals allowed in food packaging, citing their potential to harm fetal development, male reproductive…

NRDC Sues EPA to Block New Pesticide That Threatens Monarch Butterflies, Human Health

October 15, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 15, 2014)—The Natural Resources Defense Council today filed suit to block the use of a powerful, newly approved weed killer that will wreak further destruction on monarch butterfly populations already devastated by agricultural chemicals and poses risks to…

Legislative Panel Jeopardizes Action to Protect Pennsylvanians’ Health from Dangerous Carbon Pollution

October 6, 2014 Press Release

HARRISBURG, PA (October 6, 2014) – A state legislative panel today made it harder to protect Pennsylvanians’ health by requiring the General Assembly to approve a state plan to curb power plant carbon pollution before it goes to the U.S…

Governor Brown Calls for Real Antibiotic Stewardship with Veto of SB 835

September 30, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (September 30, 2014) – Jonathan Kaplan, director of the Food and Agriculture program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), issued the following statement today after Governor Brown last night vetoed SB 835, authored by Senator Jerry Hill, which…

Chemical Safety Bills Still Need More Work

September 18, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 18, 2014) – David Goldston, director of Government Affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made the following statement today concerning recent developments on efforts to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA ). Sens. David Vitter…

President’s Executive Order, Science Advisors’ Report Sound Alarm on Antibiotic Resistance but Lack Needed Reforms for Curbing Livestock Drug Use

September 18, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 18, 2014) – In response to a long awaited report and new executive actions to combat antibiotic resistance announced today by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Mae Wu, health attorney at the Natural…

House Vote against Clean Water Protections Ignores Toledo Lessons

September 9, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 9, 2014) — One month after the toxic algae disaster in Toledo demonstrated the perils of water pollution, the Republican-controlled House today passed a bill (H.R. 5078) to block improvements in the Clean Water Act that would help…

Climate Deniers Are Uninterested in Debating the Need to Address Climate Change, Public Health

September 2, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 2, 2014) -- The following is a statement from Ed Chen, federal communications director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in response to an announced Republican congressional investigation of NRDC’s role in combating climate change and protecting public…

California Legislature Sends a Bumper Crop of Environmental Legislation to Governor Brown for Signature

August 30, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 30, 2014) – Californians can breathe easier today knowing that the state legislature passed groundbreaking policies to protect public health and clean up our environment.

Nuclear Waste Storage Decision Poses Long-Term Public Health Risks

August 26, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (August 26, 2014) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved a controversial new rule and Environmental Impact Statement regarding nuclear waste that could pose long-term risks to public health and the environment.

New Water Bond Invests in Local Water Supply Projects, Groundwater Storage and Safe Drinking Water for All Californians

August 13, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 13, 2014) – With Governor Jerry Brown’s support, state legislative leaders today approved, on a broad bipartisan basis, a $7.5 billion water bond that would provide clean drinking water for disadvantaged communities and provide $1.5 billion for…

EPA Endorses New & Improved Beach Water Quality Safety Threshold

July 31, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 31, 2014) – In a move designed to protect more than 180 million people who visit America’s coastal and Great Lakes beaches every year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced stronger National Beach Guidance for all…