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Trump Administration to Propose Management Plan for Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument

July 25, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management is expected to release its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and proposed Monument Management Plan (MMP) tomorrow for Bears Ears National Monument. These will undergo administrative protest and consistency review periods before becoming…

Conservation Groups Launch New Legal Challenges to Keystone XL Pipeline Approval

July 1, 2019 Press Release

Trump administration violated National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act by approving controversial tar sands pipeline

Investigation Shows Forests Destroyed to Supply Biomass

June 18, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - A new investigation exposes how valuable forests and ecosystems in the U.S. Southeast face devastation from demand for “biomass” energy.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Approval of Massive Utah Oil Shale Development

May 16, 2019 Press Release

BONANZA — Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration to challenge what would be the nation’s first commercial-scale oil shale mine and processing facility. The lawsuit says officials failed to protect several endangered species when they approved rights-of-way across public…

UN Scientific Report: 1 Million Species at Risk of Extinction

May 6, 2019 Press Release

Assessment Warns of Global Ecosystem Collapse Due to Human Activity

Lawsuit Prompts U.S. Officials to Consider Protecting Giraffes

April 25, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — After a prod from a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that giraffes may qualify for protection under America’s Endangered Species Act.

Trump’s EPA Shows Clean Car Standards Work

March 6, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency today released a report showing that automakers continue to improve the fuel economy of their vehicles and cut the harmful carbon pollution coming from tailpipes.

Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Illegal Attempt to Allow Manufacturer to Evade Efficiency Testing

February 27, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - A federal court has ruled the Trump administration acted unlawfully in rolling back an energy efficiency rule in favor of one manufacturer of central air conditioners, Johnson Controls International (JCI), to the detriment of consumers, the environment, and…

Vineyard Wind, Conservation Groups Reach Historic Agreement to Protect Right Whales

January 23, 2019 Press Release

BOSTON - Vineyard Wind and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Wildlife Federation, and Conservation Law Foundation today entered into an unprecedented agreement to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Wheeler Should Not be Promoted at EPA

January 16, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is holding a confirmation hearing today on the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The former coal lobbyist has been acting administrator since…

McIntyre Led FERC With Independence, Fairness

January 3, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Kevin McIntyre, the former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, died yesterday after a lengthy illness.

Trump Shutdown Imperils Important Protections

December 22, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to shut down the government. Shuttering the government imperils crucial protections for our air and water, for chemical safety and for public lands -- while furloughing tens of thousands of…

Don’t Let the $139,000 Door Hit You on the Way Out, Secretary Zinke

December 15, 2018 Press Release

Farm Bill Negotiators Ditch Environmental Rollbacks

December 11, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators released a compromise farm bill today that largely steers clear of undercutting bedrock environmental protections.

Report: Clean, Cost-Effective Heating Technologies Critical to Meeting California’s Climate Goals

October 16, 2018 Press Release

High-Efficiency Heat Pumps Can Also Help Make Housing More Affordable SAN FRANCISCO – Californians can save as much as $1,500 in installation costs, plus hundreds of dollars on their utility bills, by switching to clean space- and water-heating technologies now…

New Report: California's Publicly Owned Utilities Making Great Energy Efficiency Strides, but Significant Potential Remains to Save Money and Cut Pollution

October 11, 2018 Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.– California consumers saved roughly $4.3 billion on electricity costs and the earth’s atmosphere was spared of more than 2 million metric tons of carbon pollution in the past 12 years, thanks to energy efficiency measures taken by…

NRDC Sues Trump Administration Over Rollback of Methane Rule for Public Lands

September 28, 2018 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO—The Natural Resources Defense Council and coalition of nearly 20 conservation and tribal citizen groups today sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its rollback of commonsense protections that stop the unnecessary leaking of climate change-fueling and health-harming…

Congress Set To Attack American Wildlife This Week

September 26, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON – This week Congress will turn its attention to a series of bills that threaten to undermine the Endangered Species Act. Today, the House Natural Resources Committee is holding a legislative hearing on a suite of nine bills that…

Commission Unveils Plan to Cut Transportation’s Energy Use

September 26, 2018 Press Release

Industry, union, political and environmental leaders today united behind a wide-ranging plan meant to halve energy use in transportation.

Court Orders Seafood Import Ban to Save Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise

July 26, 2018 Press Release

NEW YORK— Responding to a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Court of International Trade today ordered the Trump administration to ban seafood imports from Mexico caught with gillnets that kill the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. As few as…