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Robert Redford: World Leaders Should “Take Bold Action” in Paris Climate Agreement

November 20, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 20, 2015) – With a crucial climate summit beginning soon in Paris, Robert Redford has released a video kicking off a citizen petition drive calling on world leaders to “take bold action” to avoid the damaging impacts of…

Report: Steam Heat Fixes to NYC Apartments Could Save Owners Nearly $150 Million Annually, Cut Climate Pollution

November 20, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (November 20, 2015) – Energy efficiency upgrades to the steam heating systems found in the vast majority of New York City apartments could save building owners $147 million in annual energy costs and maintenance savings, help the city…

NRDC Report: Can Cover Crops Combat Climate Change and Drought?

November 19, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 19, 2015) – As harvest season ends and farmers in the United States ready themselves for winter, one small change could make a huge difference in their soil’s health and the health of our climate-impacted world: planting cover…

Senate Vote to Block Clean Power Plan Shows GOP’s Lack of a Climate Plan

November 17, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 17, 2015) – The Republican-led Senate today is expected to repeal the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which sets first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants – our best available tool to combat climate change.

Senator Kirk Votes Against Climate Action Blocking Bill

November 17, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 17, 2015) – Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) today voted against a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule to cut dangerous carbon pollution from power plants.

Residents of Flint, Michigan, to Sue City, State over Lead in Drinking Water

November 16, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO – Residents of Flint, Mich., together with the ACLU of Michigan and the Natural Resources Defense Council, today announced their intention to sue state and city officials for ongoing violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act amid the…

Fashion Design University Honors NRDC’s Linda Greer for Innovation

November 16, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 16, 2015) — Linda Greer, pioneer of the program Clean by Design at Natural Resources Defense Council, will be recognized this evening with a “Positive Impact Award” for her innovation in sustainability in the fashion industry. The award…

Northern Gateway No More - Controversial Tar Sands Pipeline Denied

November 13, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 13, 2015) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government is following through on an election promise to ban crude oil tanker traffic off the coast of northern British Columbia. This announcement will effectively kill the Northern Gateway…

Cuomo Vetoes Port Ambrose LNG Project, Clears Way for Offshore Wind Power

November 12, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

LONG BEACH, NY (November 12, 2015) – Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced he is vetoing the proposed Port Ambrose liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility off the cost of Long Island. The Natural Resources Defense Council is part of a…

European Food Safety Agency Allows Continued Human Exposure to Widely Used Herbicide

November 12, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 12, 2015) — A decision by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today sets the stage for the chemical glyphosate to stay on the market and to be used on food crops, despite its probable link to human…

Illegal Diversion of Water Threatens to End Chinook Salmon Survival in California

November 10, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO (November 10, 2015) – Environmental groups filed a request yesterday to supplement their complaint against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and growers who flood irrigate rice in the Sacramento Valley for mismanaging water supplies that should have been…

GOP Leaders Intensify Assault on Protections against Carbon Pollution, Dirty Drinking Water and Smog

November 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 2, 2015) -- The anti-public health, anti-environment Republican leadership in Congress is planning its most intense assault yet on environmental protections. Starting as early as tomorrow and continuing through November, they plan votes in both chambers to block…

EPA Proposes to Ban Pesticide’s Use in Agriculture

October 30, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 30, 2015) — The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to ban all agricultural use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, because of the health risks from contaminated drinking water. The agency said it will issue a final decision by the…

Natural Resources Defense Council and Lexicon of Sustainability Announce Winners of the Voices of the Soil Contest

October 21, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A diverse group of young farmers, agricultural students, and young soil enthusiasts from across the country have been selected as winners in the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Lexicon of Sustainability’s “Voices of Soil” Essay and…

Subway Announces Plans to Eliminate Antibiotics Use in U.S. Meat Supplies

October 20, 2015 Press Release

MILFORD, CT (October 20, 2015) – Subway—the world’s largest fast food chain—today announced a detailed plan to eliminate antibiotics use in all of its U.S. meat supplies. The announcement comes after NRDC launched a campaign targeted at the sandwich giant…

California Poised to Set Strictest Antibiotics Standards for Livestock Use in the Nation

October 9, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (October 9, 2015) – By the end of the weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown will announce his decision on legislation by Sen. Jerry Hill that sets the strictest limits in the U.S. on the misuse and overuse of antibiotics…

Clean Water Rule Decision Delays Enforcement but Reinforces Need for Protections

October 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) – A federal court decision handed down today temporarily delays enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Rule, which guarantees pollution protections for tens of millions of acres…

Missouri Attorney General "Putting Pollution Before People" By Joining Anti-Clean Power Plan Lawsuit

October 9, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (October 9, 2015) — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced he will oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan today by joining a lawsuit challenging it in federal court. The historic carbon pollution protections, ordered by a…

Michigan Governor Recommends Flint Reconnect to Detroit Water To End Lead Contamination Crisis

October 8, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO – In the wake of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s recommendation that the City of Flint reconnect to the Detroit water system to stem its lead-contamination woes, leaders from the ACLU of Michigan and the Natural Resources Defense Council today…

New Air Quality Standard Insufficient to Protect Public Health

October 1, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 1, 2015) – The Obama Administration today tightened the limit for ground-level ozone or smog pollution—one of the most pervasive and dangerous pollutants we inhale—to 70 parts per billion (ppb). The following is a statement by John Walke…