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Lancet Report Affirms Tremendous Health Benefits from Climate Action

June 22, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 22, 2015) – The Lancet Commission on Health and Climate released a report today warning that climate change poses both the greatest threat to health in the 21st Century and the greatest opportunity to protect public health by…

Health and Environmental Safeguards Under Attack by GOP Leadership

June 18, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 18, 2015) – Congressional Republican leaders are adding numerous anti-environmental measures to must-pass appropriations bills and moving them through the House and a key Senate committee this week, despite a presidential veto threat and support for health and…

Ocean Victory: More than Two Dozen Undersea Atlantic Coral Canyons Now Protected

June 10, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (June 10, 2015) — The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council today voted to protect 27 named deep sea canyons divided into 15 protection zones, as well as a vast swath of surrounding deep sea habitat, off the region’s coast…

More than 100 Leading Scientists Call for Halt to Tar Sands Oil Development

June 10, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 10, 2015) – More than 100 leading climate scientists, economists, biologists and geophysicists today are calling for a North American moratorium on tar sands oil development and related infrastructure to avoid worsening climate change, endangering the land and…

Victory: Challenge to Clean Power Plan Fails

June 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 9, 2015) – The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan passed its first court test today when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a legal challenge was premature and must wait for the plan’s final…

Coal Industry’s Financial Woes Threaten to Shift Billions in Cleanup Costs to U.S. Taxpayers, Says New Report

June 9, 2015 Press Release

BOZEMAN, Mont. (June 9, 2015) – As the financial pressures on the coal industry mount, a new $3 billion threat to taxpayers is emerging in the form of self-insured coal companies potentially walking away from reclamation obligations, leaving the public…

NRDC Statement on EPA Draft Study of Fracking & Drinking Water Risks

June 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 4, 2015) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its long-awaited draft study of the potential impacts of fracking on drinking water supplies around the country.

Public is Financing $73 billion in Coal Development, Report Reveals

June 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 2, 2015) –International financial institutions and governments worldwide are pouring billions of dollars into building new and existing coal-fired power plants and expanding coal mining – activities that worsen dangerous carbon pollution, according to a new report that…

House Passes Bill that Guts Critical Fisheries Law and Threatens to Reverse Years of Progress

June 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 2, 2015) – The House passed a measure late Monday that would gut the landmark Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which is bringing back U.S. fisheries from collapse. The legislation weakens key fishery conservation protections, such as…

Hope for Elephants: China Announces Plan to Phase-Out Commercial Ivory Sales

May 29, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (May 29, 2015) – Yesterday, Chinese officials announced a new plan to phase-out commercial ivory manufacturing and sales. This action is expected to reduce demand for ivory in China, the world’s largest ivory market, which will help curb the…

Interior Dept. Announces Plan to Save the Greater Sage-Grouse

May 28, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (May 28, 2015) -- The Interior Department today unveiled a plan to protect and preserve the habitat of the greater sage-grouse, an iconic species of the West that is threatened by commercial development and energy projects.

Michigan Craft Brewers Raise a Glass to EPA’s Clean Water Rule

May 27, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (May 27, 2015) – Acknowledging the critical role of clean water for both brewers and the communities in which they operate, seven brewers in Michigan are raising a glass in support of EPA’s Clean Water Rule, announced today.

New York to Review Risks of Shipping Tar Sands Oil on the Hudson River, Area Train Tracks

May 21, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

ALBANY, N.Y. (May 21, 2015) — The New York Department of Environmental Conservation today rescinded a previous attempt to avoid an environmental review of the impacts of a proposed expansion of a rail-to-barge transfer terminal in Albany. The decision is…

California Public Utilities Commission Makes a Bad Call for San Diego, Approves Natural Gas Power Plant in Carlsbad

May 21, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (May 21, 2015) – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) erred today by overruling its own staff’s recommendation and approving a giant pollution-emitting power plant in San Diego. By a vote of 4-1, the commission adopted a proposal…

President Obama Highlights National Security Threats Posed by Climate Change

May 20, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (May 20, 2015) -- In a commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, President Obama today reminded us that the threat of climate change does not stop at our borders and renewed his call to take strong and…

Ruptured Pipeline Spills Oil Along Santa Barbara’s Coast

May 19, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (May 19, 2015) — A pipeline burst along Santa Barbara’s coast today, spilling an estimated 21,000 gallons of toxic crude oil in Santa Barbara’s waters and creating a four-mile oil slick.

NRDC Reaction to New White House Pollinator Task Force Plan

May 19, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (May 19, 2015) -- The first-ever White House Pollinator Task Force today announced new steps to protect pollinator health.

NRDC Experts: Congress Should Support Clean Power Plan, Back Clean Energy

May 19, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (May 19, 2015) – Two experts from the Natural Resources Defense Council will testify today on Capitol Hill, calling on lawmakers to support the Clean Power Plan as well as to back legislation that promotes renewable sources of energy.

Canada Falls Short on Climate Commitment

May 15, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2015) – With its climate pledge today, Canada secured its place as a laggard in the international effort to fight climate change.

Governor Brown’s Revised Budget Invests in a Cleaner, Healthier California

May 14, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (May 14, 2014) – The revised State Budget proposed by Governor Brown this morning and sent to the State Legislature would make use of California’s improved fiscal picture and apply much-needed funds to protect our air, land, and water…