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NRDC Report: Cleaner Cars Drive Benefits for Health and Wallets

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – The clean car policies of the Biden administration will deliver unprecedented benefits to the American people, including billions of dollars of savings, more vehicle options and less pollution, a new report from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) shows.

NRDC, Los Jardines Institute File Title VI Civil Rights Complaint Against Albuquerque Officials

Press ReleaseUnited States
Los Jardines Institute and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) have filed a Title VI civil rights complaint urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require the City of Albuquerque and Albuquerque Environmental Health Department to start accounting for the cumulative…

Fixing Flint: Michigan Agrees to Repair Thousands of Yards Damaged by Lead Pipe Replacement

Press ReleaseFlint
FLINT, MI – A decade after the Flint water crisis began, the State of Michigan plans to take over the remaining work on Flint’s lead pipe replacement program and will commit additional funding to complete the job, according to a…

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EPA’s New Methane Limits Will Protect Public Health, Climate

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed the first national limits on methane emissions from existing oil and gas operations. The protections, which also include stronger requirements for new wells and equipment, will significantly cut an array of other harmful air…

NRDC President: At COP26 Biden Launches Assertive Climate Plan

Press ReleaseUnited States, International
WASHINGTON – President Biden rolled out a broad package of U.S. climate action before leaders gathered for global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, saying the forum must kick off “a decade of ambition and innovation to preserve our shared future.”…

NRDC to Defend EPA Authority to Curb Climate-changing Power Plant Pollution

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today accepted cases seeking to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that canceled the Affordable Clean Energy rule, the Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency’s do-nothing regulation for…

NRDC President: Historic Climate Progress Must be Enacted

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – White House and congressional negotiators agreed to a framework for the budget reconciliation package that will pair with bipartisan infrastructure legislation to enact the core of President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.

Newsom Proposes Rule to Protect Communities from Oil Drilling

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…

Governor Cooper Must Sign Revised Energy Bill

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
RALEIGH, NC -- The North Carolina General Assembly has passed HB951, a bill that was previously a give-away to Duke Energy and the fracked gas industry, but has since undergone intense revisions. If signed, the bill would codify parts of…

California Bans PFAS in Paper-Based Food Packaging

Press ReleaseCalifornia
SACRAMENTO – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law today banning the use of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in paper-based food packaging and to require disclosure of toxic substances in cookware.

PJM Reverses Policy Designed to Stymie Clean Energy

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a significant victory for clean energy and customers’ pocketbooks, PJM’s proposal to minimize the controversial Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), which artificially raises prices on state-supported energy resources, went into effect today. The revised rates represent…

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

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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.