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Supreme Court Gives Unaccountable Judges Power Over Agency Actions, Overturning 40 Years of Precedent

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court, in the twin cases of Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, today overturned the doctrine of Chevron deference.

NRDC Report: How Retailers are Selling Forest Destruction 

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — U.S. retailers are failing their customers and the planet by selling toilet paper, paper towels, and other goods sourced from climate-critical forests, according to a new NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) report. Selling the World’s Forests details how…

Woodwell a ‘Towering Giant’ of Climate Science

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WASHINGTON - Pioneering climate scientist and founding board member of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) George Woodwell died June 18.

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Court Rejects Drilling in Upper Desolation Canyon

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SALT LAKE CITY – A federal judge has rejected a natural gas project on public lands along the Upper Desolation Canyon on the Green River in eastern Utah. The plan is part of the highly controversial Gasco Natural Gas Development…

Landmark Clean Power Plan Stands Strong in Court

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held a marathon court hearing today on legal challenges to the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to cut dangerous carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants.

World Poised to Agree on Phasing Down Super Pollutant HFCs

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WASHINGTON – Significant momentum is building with an announcement today that more than 100 countries, major businesses and financing entities supporting an aggressive agreement this year to phase down climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol, the treaty that first addressed…

House Weighs Essential Greenhouse Gas Guidelines

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WASHINGTON – The House Committee on Natural Resources today held an oversight hearing on guidance from the Council on Environmental Quality intended to help federal agencies assess greenhouse gas emissions for projects and programs under the National Environmental Policy Act.

Gov. Brown Signs Historic Climate Package

Press ReleaseCalifornia
LOS ANGELES , CA – California Governor Jerry Brown today signed historic legislation to establish North America’s most aggressive emissions reduction targets, requiring California—the world’s sixth-largest economy—to reduce carbon pollution to at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.

Court: Aging E.D. Edwards Coal Plant Must Clean Up Its Smokestacks

Press ReleaseChicago
CHICAGO – A coalition of health and environmental groups have won a significant victory in their legal fight to clean up the E.D. Edwards coal plant near Peoria, IL. U.S. District Court Judge Joe Billy McDade ruled the plant operator…

New FEMA Regulations Will Better Protect Americans from Flooding

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WASHINGTON – A coalition of unlikely allies are supporting a proposed rule announced Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Organizations representing professional floodplain managers, insurance companies, fiscal conservatives and advocates, and environmental interests agree that the FEMA update…

New York Gets Historic “50 by 30” Clean Energy Standard

Press ReleaseNew York
NEW YORK – The New York Public Service Commission today issued an order requiring that 50 percent of New York’s electricity come from renewable, clean energy resources like wind and solar power by 2030.