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NRDC’s Gina McCarthy on President Trump’s Dirty Water Rule

January 23, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is set to issue rules that would gut critical safeguards in the Clean Water Act, upending decades of protections for streams, wetlands, lakes and rivers, according to news reports. These bodies of water filter pollution…

Mining Projects to Ride in on Trump’s NEPA Bulldozer

January 15, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Just days after the Trump administration proposed gutting a bedrock environmental law governing infrastructure projects, a new move by a federal permitting council would extend environmental fast-tracking to the mining sector—a sweeping move that will make it easier…

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals

January 14, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES— Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today challenging the last step in the administration’s plan to allow oil drilling and fracking on more than 1 million acres of public lands and minerals in Central California.

NRDC Statement on Days-Old Endangered Whale Severely Injured by Ship Strike

January 9, 2020 Press Release

New York – A days-old endangered right whale calf has already been brutally injured by an apparent ship strike. The injuries are deeply worrisome because of the severity and location of the wounds, including one near the mouth which could…

Congress Acts to Restore Vital Protections for Migratory Birds

January 8, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today Representative Lowenthal (D-CA) with 18 bipartisan original co-sponsors introduced the Migratory Bird Protection Act (H.R. 5552) to restore longstanding protections for migratory birds against industrial take—that is, unintentional but predictable killing of birds. Bird populations in North…

Court Affirms Presidential Power to Protect Marine Areas as National Monuments

December 27, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court unanimously ruled today that presidents have the authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to establish marine national monuments.

Cuomo Signs Robust PFAS Protections into Law

December 23, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

ALBANY, N.Y. – Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed into law legislation to phase out the use of toxic chemicals known as PFAS in firefighting foam. PFAS have been found to contaminate a significant portion of New York’s drinking water sources…

New York State Adopts Paint Recycling Program

December 18, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

ALBANY, N.Y. – Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday signed the paint recycling legislation, a bill designed to tackle a long-standing solid waste disposal problem by making it possible for business and residents to recycle leftover paint at hundreds of convenient locations…

Cuomo Proposes Statewide Ban on Polystyrene Foam Containers

December 17, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

ALBANY, N.Y. – Governor Cuomo today announced, as part of his 2020 State of the State, that he will propose legislation to enact a statewide ban on polystyrene food and beverage containers, as well as packing peanuts made of polystyrene…

Cuomo Signs Bill Banning Wildlife Trafficking

December 16, 2019 Press Release

NRDC’s 100th Suit Against the Trump Administration Seeks to Protect California Salmon and Endangered Species

December 3, 2019 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO – Today a coalition of fishing and conservation groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s Endangered Species Act permits (known as biological opinions) for the operations of the Central Valley…

NRDC Report: EU Subsidies Lead to Forest Destruction

November 20, 2019 Press Release

LONDON - European nations are wasting $7 billion a year on subsidies for the burning of wood for power or heat, a notoriously dirty source of energy that the European Union has allowed to be counted as clean energy.

Court Puts EPA in Check on Flawed Toxic Chemical Regulations

November 14, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court in California ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), when evaluating the risks of toxic chemicals, cannot ignore harmful exposures to asbestos and other chemicals that are still in use, but no longer…

Legal Action Initiated to Force Trump Administration to Halt U.S. Pangolin Trade

November 13, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON— A coalition of wildlife groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to propose pangolin protections under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

EPA Censoring Science to Block Health Safeguards

November 13, 2019 Press Release

The House Science Committee is holding a hearing today on a proposal by the Trump Environmental Protection Agency to limit the use of scientific data and research in federal rulemaking, which could block environmental standards that would protect public health.

EPA’s Proposals Would Allow Coal Plants to Pollute Our Water

November 4, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to allow coal-burning power plants to dump more toxic substances into waterways and companies to keep open unlined, hazardous coal ash ponds.

Keystone Pipeline Spill Shows Enduring Danger of Tar Sands Oil

October 31, 2019 Press Release

The Keystone tar sands pipeline was shut down today after a spill in North Dakota, reportedly more than 378,000 gallons. The Keystone pipeline has had more than a dozen spills since it went into operation in 2010.

House Passes Public Lands Protection Bills

October 30, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives today passed two pieces of legislation that would offer key protection to treasured public lands.

Nuevo Reporte: Mariposa Monarca Entre 10 Especies Mas Amenazadas Por Pesticidas

October 30, 2019 Press Release

El Uso de Glifosato Erradica la Única Fuente de Alimento de la Oruga Monarca

New Report: Monarch Butterflies Among 10 Species Imperiled by Pesticides

October 30, 2019 Press Release

Use of Glyphosate Eradicates Monarch Caterpillars’ Only Source of Food