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RGGI States Plan to Cut Power Plant Pollution Another 30%

August 23, 2017 Press Release

NEW YORK - The nine states in the groundbreaking Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to cut carbon pollution--Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont – today proposed a bold plan to lower their power plant…

Chicago’s Southeast Side Community Urges City to Take Action on Manganese, Create Broader Protection

August 23, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

Chef Dan Barber Joins Ad Council and NRDC to Launch Phase Two of Successful “Save The Food” National Public Service Campaign

August 17, 2017 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK, NY – Ad Council and the Natural Resources Defense Council today launched the second phase of their Save The Food national public service campaign, aimed at combatting America’s food waste problem from its largest source—consumers. In doing so…

New Budget Poll: Americans United Against Cuts to EPA, Infrastructure, Climate and Clean Energy Solutions

August 10, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – With Congress headed to a fall showdown over the federal budget, a new poll carries an unmistakable message: Americans strongly oppose cuts to funding for environmental protections, clean energy and climate solutions, and investments in transit infrastructure.

Court Strikes Down Sensible Limits of Super-Pollutant HFCs

August 8, 2017 Press Release

Groups Sue Trump Admin. for Risking Americans’ Health by Suspending Transportation Clean Air Safeguards

July 31, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Trump administration put Americans’ health at risk by abruptly suspending a federal safeguard intended to curb a major source of climate-changing emissions, the pollution from cars and trucks on the national highways, according to a lawsuit filed…

Report: Homeowners Trapped by Repeated Flooding Under Troubled Flood Insurance Program

July 25, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

CHICAGO – The nation’s flood insurance program has repeatedly rebuilt some of the most flood-prone properties in the country, unintentionally trapping owners of modest homes who would prefer to move out of harm’s way, according to a new national report…

Report: Ameren Illinois May Impede Job and Economic Growth by Significantly Reducing Energy Efficiency Programs

July 18, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

Ameren Illinois Plans to Drastically Scale Back Energy Efficiency Targets set by Illinois’ Future Energy Jobs Act which can Add an Average of 7,000 Jobs and $700 Million to the State’s Economy Annually Through 2030

Cap-and-Trade Extension Links Air Quality Gains for Progress in Fight for Clean Air and Climate Stability

July 11, 2017 Press Release

SACRAMENTO, CA – California leaders have proposed legislation to extend California’s cap-and-trade program, which acts as a backstop for the state’s comprehensive program to cut the dangerous emissions driving climate change, through 2030 as part of a two-bill package that…

Four Out of 10 Americans Live in “Double Whammy” Climate Hot Spots Where Smog and Ragweed Threaten Health

July 11, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Four out of 10 Americans live in “double whammy” counties where unhealthy smog and pollen-producing ragweed– both tied to the growing climate crisis – combine to threaten respiratory health, a Natural Resources Defense Council mapping project released today…

“Killer Summer Heat” Report: 14,000 Americans Could Die Annually by Mid-Century Without Paris Climate Pact Protections

June 29, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON —President Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement could seriously harm public health for decades, worsening summer heatwaves that could kill 13,860 Americans each year by mid-century, and as many as 29,850 a year by…

Report: “Baseload” an Outdated Term for Today’s Changing Electricity Grid

June 26, 2017 Press ReleaseNew York

Flexibility key to delivering cost-effective & reliable service

Burger King to Clean Up Antibiotics Practices in Chicken Supply by 2018

June 22, 2017 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO – The parent company of Burger King and Tim Hortons has committed to ending the use of all antibiotics important to human medicine in their chicken supply by the end of 2018, according to news reports today.

Decision Upholding PJM Rules Hurts Clean Energy Innovation and Consumers’ Pocketbooks

June 20, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON –- A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals here today upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of new electricity market rules for the PJM region, which includes 13 states in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions, and…

New Report: U.S. Power Sector Emissions Decline as the Generation Mix Continues to Evolve

June 14, 2017 Press Release

BOSTON, MA – The nation’s largest electricity producers continue to substantially reduce emissions of key air pollutants, the latest comprehensive analysis of U.S. power plant emissions shows.

NRDC & Other Environmental and Consumer Groups, 11 States & NYC Sue Over Stalled Efficiency Standards

June 13, 2017 Press Release

Bill savings and pollution reductions from 5 standards at risk

Major Heat Resiliency Initiatives are Expanding Across India

June 9, 2017 Press Release

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.

Trump Administration Puts in Motion First Approvals for Atlantic Coast Drilling

June 5, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration today proposed to allow energy companies to harm marine mammals as they prospect for oil and gas deposits far beneath the sea floor, blasting huge expanses of undersea waters off the Atlantic coast with airguns.

NRDC President: Trump’s “Grave Mistake” on Paris Hurts America

June 1, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON — President Trump has announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the global accord to fight the dangers of climate change approved by nearly 200 nations in 2015.

KFC to Clean Up Antibiotics Practices in Chicken Supply by End of 2018

May 31, 2017 Press Release

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky Fried Chicken—the largest chicken-on-the-bone quick service restaurant in the U.S.—today committed to phasing out chicken raised with antibiotics important to human medicine in its U.S. stores by the end of 2018. The announcement follows a national…