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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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NRDC CEO & President Gina McCarthy to Join Biden Administration

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NEW YORK – NRDC President & CEO Gina McCarthy has been hand-picked by President-elect Joe Biden to become the nation’s first-ever National Climate Advisor. This senior White House position, reporting directly to the president, will head the newly formed White…

Biden Picks Mark “Clear Return to U.S. Climate Leadership”

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WASHINGTON - President-Elect Joe Biden will name former Secretary of State John Kerry to oversee the administration’s international climate change policies; former Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken to become Secretary of State; and senior foreign service officer Linda Thomas-Greenfield…

Trump Administration Guts Protections for National Forests

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Forest Service issued a sweeping rollback of protections for our national forests today, its latest effort to weaken landmark rules established five decades ago under the National Environmental Policy Act.

Trump Administration Opens Alaska Rainforest to Loggers

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WASHINGTON – The Department of Agriculture today announced that it will open vast swaths of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to logging and development, a move that tramples Indigenous rights, and threatens one of our biggest carbon sinks, which…

NRDC Mourns the Passing of Cecil Corbin-Mark

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NEW YORK – The passing of Cecil Corbin-Mark, environmental justice advocate and Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, is a huge loss for New York and the environmental movement.

Trump Prioritizes Dirty Mining Under False Pretext

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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration issued an executive order to fast-track dirty mining projects – projects that pose enormous risks to critical water resources, pristine public lands, and communities around our nation. While it offered the pretext of national security…

Advocates Demand Regulation of Toxic Neonic-Treated Seeds

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SACRAMENTO - A group of health and environmental organizations filed a legal petition today, calling upon the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to regulate the planting of crop seeds coated with neurotoxic neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics) and close a loophole that…