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

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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…

Victory for the Arctic as Lease Sales are Cancelled

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WASHINGTON (October 16, 2015) – The Obama administration announced Friday it would cancel proposed auctions for drilling rights in the Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska for 2016 and 2017.

New Air Quality Standard Insufficient to Protect Public Health

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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…

New "Waste Free Kitchen Handbook" Out Today

Press ReleaseNew York
NEW YORK (September 29, 2015) –U.S. consumers are collectively responsible for more wasted food than farmers, grocery stores or any other part of the food-supply chain—a problem that costs the average family an average of about $1,500 every year—but a…

Report Finds Most Fast Food Chains Serve Meat Raised on Drugs

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 15, 2015) — A new report and scorecard released today by several consumer, health, and environmental groups grades America’s 25 largest fast food and fast casual chains on their meat and poultry antibiotics policies, with all but…

Navy Agrees to Limit Underwater Assaults on Whales and Dolphins

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HONOLULU (September 11, 2015) —A federal court today entered an order settling two cases challenging the U.S. Navy’s training and testing activities off the coasts of Southern California and Hawai‘i, securing long-sought protections for whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals…

Advocates Take to Skies to Urge President to Abandon Atlantic Drilling

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WASHINGTON (September 4, 2015) — Millions of beach-going Americans along the Atlantic Seaboard this weekend will learn some unsettling news: Giant oil-drilling rigs and the industrialization of our coast could be coming soon. That warning will come from airplane-towed banners…