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330,000 Lead Pipes May Deliver Water to Homes in Missouri

July 15, 2021 Press ReleaseMissouri

Missouri ranks sixth in nation with most lead pipes

160,000 Lead Pipes May Deliver Water to Homes in Kansas

July 15, 2021 Press ReleaseKansas

Kansas ranks third in nation with the most lead pipes per 100,000 people

Nearly a Half Million Lead Pipes May Deliver Water to Homes in Michigan

July 14, 2021 Press ReleaseMichigan

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan aims to remove every lead pipe from the ground

650,000 Lead Pipes May Deliver Water to Homes in Ohio

July 14, 2021 Press ReleaseOhio

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan aims to remove every lead pipe from the ground

Report: Most Restaurants Fail to Stop Antibiotic Overuse in Their Beef Supplies

July 14, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON — Most top restaurant chains in the United States have failed to adopt policies to stop the overuse of antibiotics by their beef suppliers, according to the sixth annual Chain Reaction scorecard released today by six major consumer, public…

NRDC Estimates 12 Million Lead Pipes May Connect Water Mains to Homes: Most States Fail to Track Location of Lead Pipes

July 8, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan aims to remove every lead pipe from the ground

Flint Enters Final Stage of Replacing Lead Pipes, Showing the Way for National Infrastructure Action

June 29, 2021 Press ReleaseFlint

July 23 is the Final Deadline for Residents To Consent for Free Pipe Replacement

Biden EPA Delays Trump-Era Lead and Copper Rule Again

June 16, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today pushed back the effective date for implementation of the Trump Administration’s federal drinking water regulation, the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions, until December 2021. The much-ballyhooed Trump-era Rule, which left millions of people exposed…

U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Crop Insurance Incentive

June 1, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – The Department of Agriculture today announced it is giving a $5 per acre savings on crop insurance to farmers who planted cover crops during the 2021 cropping year. The move aims to help farmers who faced a tough…

Court Orders EPA to Ban Pesticide Toxic to Kids

April 29, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency must ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to worker poisonings and learning disabilities in children—on produce sold in the U.S. within 60 days unless it can identify a safe level of use, the 9th Circuit Court…

Bill Targeting PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Contamination Introduced in the House

April 13, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

PFAS chemicals, a class of thousands of widely-used, highly toxic “forever chemicals” are on the hot seat in legislation that would begin to regulate uses to protect public health and safety. Introduced by Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), the PFAS Action…

Lawsuit Challenges EPA Approval of the Use of Medically Important Antibiotic as a Pesticide on Citrus Crops

March 25, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

Streptomycin Use Allowed on More Than 650,000 Acres in Florida, California

Court Maintains Ban on Chemicals in Toys for Now

March 2, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has left in place the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ban on harmful phthalate chemicals from plastic used in children’s toys and childcare articles. The court rejected most of the arguments made by the…

Coalition Calls on DOE to Reconsider Nuclear Waste Rule

February 26, 2021 Press ReleaseWest

WASHINGTON – The Yakama Nation, state of Washington and environmental groups joined together in an unprecedented request to the Department of Energy today that it rescind a harmful Trump-era regulation that could allow millions of gallons of radioactive waste to…

Court Settlement: EPA Must Evaluate Impacts of Harmful Pesticide on Imperiled Species

January 28, 2021 Press ReleaseChicago

CHICAGO – NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reached an agreement that requires the agency to evaluate the impacts of imidacloprid, one of the most commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides, on endangered and threatened bees…

NRDC Sues to Block Trump’s Air Pollution Loophole

January 25, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON – NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and partners late Friday sued the Environmental Protection Agency to block a Trump-era policy allowing industrial facilities to significantly increase air pollution that endangers public health, including in communities of color overburdened by…

President Biden Begins Building Back

January 20, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON -- In both word and deed, President Biden today began the task of rebuilding America.

NRDC Sues EPA For Failing to Protect Public from Deadly Soot

January 19, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON – NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) today sued the Trump Environmental Protection Agency to block a final rule that left in place the current unprotective federal limits on soot pollution and leaves thousands of people vulnerable to air pollution…

NRDC Expands Regional Food Matters Project to Reduce Food Waste in 5 Great Lakes Cities and Counties

January 19, 2021 Press ReleaseChicago

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced the expansion of the Food Matters Project in the Great Lakes region with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste throughout the region. Building on projects previously launched in the Mid-Atlantic…

Groups Support Legal Action Calling for Oversight of Metal Shredding Facilities

January 8, 2021 Press ReleaseCalifornia

OAKLAND – Environmental justice and conservation groups filed an amicus brief today in calling on the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) to regulate metal shredding facilities throughout the state.