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Trump Throws Open Borders to Polluters, Approval of Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines

January 24, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – President Trump today signed two executive orders eliminating a longstanding cross border permitting process, which could enable approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and ease remaining roadblocks for the Dakota Access Pipeline, dirty energy projects stopped…

Senate Should Reject Perry to Lead Department He Vowed to Eliminate

January 19, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today holds a confirmation hearing on President-elect Trump’s nomination of former Texas Governor Rick Perry to become secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.

EPA Maintains Strong Clean Car Standards

January 13, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is keeping in place the clean car pollution standards it set in 2012 for automobile model years 2022 to 2025.

NRDC Joins Women’s March on Washington as Presenting Environmental Partner

January 12, 2017 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK, NY – Today, the Women’s March on Washington announced the Natural Resources Defense Council as a presenting partner focusing on climate action and the protection of our rights to clean air, safe water and healthy communities. Women, low-income…

New York’s Troubled Indian Point Nuclear Plant to Close

January 9, 2017 Press Release

NEW YORK (Jan. 9, 2016) --The troubled and aging Indian Point nuclear power plant located 24 miles north of New York City will be shuttered by April 2021 under a negotiated agreement announced today by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The plan…

Ohio Gov. Kasich Rejects Bill Blocking Clean Energy in Ohio

December 27, 2016 Press ReleaseChicago

Becomes Third Midwestern Republican Gov. to Use Political Muscle for Increased Energy Efficiency, Renewables

While Michigan Ignores Judge’s Order for Safe Water, Flint Residents Go Back to Court Seeking Emergency Action

December 21, 2016 Press Release

CHICAGO – As Michigan ignores a court order requiring “immediate” action to secure safe drinking water for Flint, residents and organizations filed an emergency motion to force the State of Michigan and City of Flint to comply. The court has…

STUDY: Long-Dreaded Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Discovered on U.S. Pig Farms

December 5, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Highly transmissible resistance to critical, last-resort antibiotics called carbapenems has been found in bacteria on farms in the U.S. for the first time, according to a new study released today in a journal of the American Society for…

NRDC Annual Energy Report: The U.S. "Clean Energy Revolution" Is Making Historic Gains and Will Not Be Reversed

December 5, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – America’s transition to a clean energy economy is irrevocably underway and delivering deep pollution reductions, with coal use at record lows but renewable energy higher than ever, according to the Fourth Annual Energy Report released today by the…

Critical Victory for Standing Rock Sioux

December 4, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Army Corps of Engineers denied today a key easement permit under Lake Oahe for Energy Transfer Partners. This decision is a major victory from the Standing Rock Sioux, who have been fighting to protect their land, water…

Illinois General Assembly Passes Essential Clean Energy Bill

December 1, 2016 Press Release

SPRINGFIELD, IL – After more than a year of intensive stakeholder negotiations, the Illinois General Assembly passed a sweeping energy bill today. The Future Energy Jobs Bill contains essential changes to the state’s stalled renewable energy policies and significantly increases…

President’s Actions to Accelerate EV Deployment Exemplify Sprint-To-The-Finish Attitude

November 3, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON (Nov. 3, 2016) -- The White House today announced a broad package of initiatives to foster the development of electric vehicles, including a nationwide infrastructure system to support them.

New Poll Shows Robust Support for Permanently Protecting Arctic, Atlantic from Drilling

October 13, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Most Americans—especially millennials—would support a move by President Obama to permanently protect the Arctic and Atlantic oceans by barring future offshore leasing for oil and gas drilling, according to a new Hart Research poll commissioned by the Natural…

NRDC Report: Latinos Are Especially Hard-hit by Climate Change

October 13, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The nation’s 56 million Latinos are especially vulnerable to the health threats posed by climate change because of where they live, work and lack access to health care, a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council…

EPA Glyphosate Assessment Makes U.S. an Outlier on a Growing Global Consensus of Chemical’s Cancer Danger

September 16, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is going on the record with an assessment that the pesticide glyphosate is not linked to cancer in humans, a finding at odds with the World Health Organization. That body determined glyphosate…

Senate Finally Authorizes Aid for Flint, While House Ignores Americans in Need

September 15, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a bill containing long-awaited federal aid for Flint, MI more than two years after the emergence of the beleaguered city’s water crisis. Action in the House of Representatives does not appear imminent.

NRDC President: U.S.-China Paris Approval Marks “Pivotal Moment for our Planet”

September 3, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The joint formal approval today of the Paris Climate Agreement by the United States and China marks a crucial milestone, signaling that the largest contributors of climate pollution are committed to protecting future generations from catastrophic climate change.

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

August 23, 2016 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…

80,000 Americans, Mayors, Clean Tech Groups, State and City Leaders Call for a Cleaner Transportation System

August 23, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – More than 80,000 Americans joined dozens of mayors, business leaders, environmental and consumer groups, and state and city transportation officials in calling on the Obama administration to reduce carbon pollution from the nation’s transportation system and promote cleaner…

New FEMA Regulations Will Better Protect Americans from Flooding

August 22, 2016 Press Release

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…