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NRDC Sues Energy Dept. For Circumventing Dishwasher Efficiency Standards

December 29, 2020 Press ReleaseNew York

DOE Illegally Carved Out a Category that Saves Neither Water nor Energy

Biden’s A-Team of Climate & Environmental Champions

December 17, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden today introduced an environmental A-Team destined to make historic progress in fighting climate change and protecting public health.

DOE Issues Needless Efficiency “Rules” That Will Waste Water and Energy

December 15, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today needlessly established new classes of household washers and dryers that would not be subject to any water or energy efficiency standards, and also separately issued a new definition of showerheads to skirt…

Signatories to Tejon Ranch Conservation Agreement Sue Tejon Ranch Company

December 3, 2020 Press Release

LOS ANGELES – Conservation groups sued the Tejon Ranch Company this week for breach of the landmark 2008 Tejon Ranch Conservation and Land Use Agreement, which preserved 90 percent of the massive 270,000-acre ranch – the largest private landholding in…

New Report Backs Bold NV Climate Strategy

December 3, 2020 Press Release

RENO — The State of Nevada Climate Initiative released a State Climate Strategy today. The release of the Climate Strategy follows a broad and inclusive stakeholder process and comes a few weeks after the release of a separate report published…

Feds Say Climate is Killing Whitebark Pine Trees

December 1, 2020 Press Release

Fish & Wildlife Service ESA listing decision agrees iconic high elevation Whitebark Pine trees under assault due to climate change

(Un)Happy Holiday: Trump Administration Gifts Big Oil as it Guts Migratory Bird Treaty Act

November 27, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration is moving forward with gutting one of the nation’s oldest environmental protections, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

In Major Reversal, Trump Administration Denies Permit for Pebble Mine

November 25, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Army Corps of Engineers today denied a permit for Pebble Mine, the massive gold and copper mine proposed for construction at the headwaters of Bristol Bay in southeastern Alaska.

Trump Administration Guts Protections for National Forests

November 18, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Forest Service issued a sweeping rollback of protections for our national forests today, its latest effort to weaken landmark rules established five decades ago under the National Environmental Policy Act.

Groups Sue Energy Dept. for Failure to Update 25 Overdue Efficiency Standards

November 9, 2020 Press Release

Inaction Costs Consumers at Least $22 Billion, Adds 80 Million-Plus Tons of Carbon Pollution

Trump Administration Opens Alaska Rainforest to Loggers

October 28, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Department of Agriculture today announced that it will open vast swaths of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to logging and development, a move that tramples Indigenous rights, and threatens one of our biggest carbon sinks, which…

DOE Issues Needless Dishwasher Classification That Won’t Save Water or Energy

October 23, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today needlessly established a new class of residential dishwashers that would not be subject to any water or energy efficiency standards, undermining three decades of energy efficiency progress for consumers and the environment.

P&G Shareholders Deliver Overwhelming Vote for Better Forest Sourcing

October 13, 2020 Press Release

CINCINNATI, OH -- Investors at Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) annual shareholder meeting today sent a clear directive to the company that it needs to address its forest sourcing, with 67% of shareholders voting for a resolution that calls on the…

Trump Prioritizes Dirty Mining Under False Pretext

October 1, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration issued an executive order to fast-track dirty mining projects – projects that pose enormous risks to critical water resources, pristine public lands, and communities around our nation. While it offered the pretext of national security…

Governor Newsom Announces a Suite of Climate Actions

September 23, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Sacramento – Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the State of California will ensure 100 percent electric passenger vehicles by 2035, as well as a host of additional actions.

Administration relaxes rules for oil and gas drilling in National Forests

August 31, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has released its plan to make it easier for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. Forest Service lands. The proposed rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday.

Trump Opens Arctic Refuge to Polluters

August 17, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Interior Secretary David Bernhardt today is expected to formally open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas leasing. The agency’s Record of Decision will pave the way for fossil fuel leasing to begin in the 1.5 million-acre Coastal…

Groups Will Sue Unless DOE Updates 26 Overdue Energy Efficiency Standards

August 10, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Six environmental and consumer groups warned the U.S. Department of Energy today that they will sue the agency if it does not meet its legal responsibility to review and update overdue energy efficiency standards for an unprecedented 26…

Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Harmful NEPA Rules

August 6, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A broad coalition of justice and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its regulations that would gut environmental reviews and silence community input.

House to Enact Major Land and Water Conservation Law

July 22, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The House today is scheduled to pass the Great American Outdoors Act, which will permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund—a move NRDC has long advocated. The Senate overwhelmingly passed a companion bill in June, and President…