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NRDC Report: Cleaner Cars Drive Benefits for Health and Wallets

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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

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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

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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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Infrastructure Lags from Paltry Funding, Not Environmental Review

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WASHINGTON – With President Trump expected to tout an infrastructure plan in his State of the Union address, Scott Slesinger, legislative director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, told Congress in written testimony today it is systematic underfunding of transportation…

EPA Should Strengthen, Not Kill, the Clean Power Plan

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WASHINGTON – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today issued an “advance notice” soliciting public comment on whether the agency should come up with a replacement plan after repealing the Clean Power Plan.

Major Heat Resiliency Initiatives are Expanding Across India

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GANDHINAGAR, INDIA – With climate change pushing temperatures higher across India, local and national health and government experts are stepping up efforts to protect people and the economy from extreme heat impacts in rural and urban areas across the country.

Hyderabad Promotes Cool Roofs to Protect Citizens from Extreme Heat

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HYDERABAD, INDIA (Mar. 22, 2017) –Faced with increasingly high summer temperatures, the city of Hyderabad is promoting a common sense strategy known as “cool roofs” to better shield its residents from the dangers of severe heat, and also save energy…

Senate Democrats Right to Block GOP Rushed Vote on Pruitt

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WASHINGTON – Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today blocked a GOP-led rush to vote on the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

Obama Budget Sets Priorities to Continue Progress

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WASHINGTON (February 9, 2016) – President Obama today submitted a budget proposal that would double funding for clean energy research, create a $1.65 billion fund for infrastructure projects to lessen the impacts wrought by climate change, impose a $10-per-barrel tax…

Flint Hearing Most Notable for Key Absences

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NEW YORK (February 3, 2016) – The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing today to explore the Flint water crisis.

EPA Action is Good but Flint's “Poisoned Pipes” Need Fixing

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CHICAGO (January 21, 2016) – The Environmental Protection Agency just released an emergency Safe Drinking Water Act order to address the ongoing drinking water issues in Flint, Michigan, four months after the Natural Resources Defense Council, ACLU of Michigan and…

EPA Is “Part of the Problem” In Flint

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CHICAGO (January 13, 2016) – Press reports published today reveal a disappointingly passive response from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address concerns about drinking water in Flint, MI before and since the city was gripped by a lead poisoning…

NRDC Report: Is California Doing Enough to Manage Drought?

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SAN FRANCISCO (December 14, 2015) – A report card released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) finds that the state is making mixed progress, and, in some cases, failing to invest in 21st century solutions that would promote…