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NRDC: D.C. Circuit Keeps Power Plant Rules Moving

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WASHINGTON – In a win for the climate, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit turned down a motion from industry groups and some states to pause implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon rules for…

Supreme Court Gives Unaccountable Judges Power Over Agency Actions, Overturning 40 Years of Precedent

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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 

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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…

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Drinking Water Contamination Goes Far Beyond Flint

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WASHINGTON (April 13, 2016) – The lead contamination of Flint, Michigan’s drinking water is not an isolated incident, and lead is just one of many poisons that taint tap water all over the United States, according to Mae Wu, senior…

The End of Coal as We Know It: Peabody Energy Files for Bankruptcy

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WASHINGTON, DC (April 13, 2016) Peabody Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded coal company, today became the fifth big coal operator to declare bankruptcy in the United States during the last year. As Peabody reorganizes to shed debt during bankruptcy…

NRDC to Senate: Safe Drinking Water No Longer a Given in the U.S.

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WASHINGTON (April 7, 2016) – The Flint lead poisoning debacle flowed from “penny-wise, pound-foolish decisions” that have inflicted grievous harm to residents of that city and seriously eroded public confidence in every level of government, Erik Olson, the Natural Resources…

Groups Sue to Force FDA to Act on Chemical in Food Packaging

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WASHINGTON (March 31, 2016) – The Natural Resources Defense Council and Center for Food Safety, on behalf of four other public health and environmental organizations, sued the Food and Drug Administration today to force it to act on a petition…

Daily Doses

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How safe are your household chemicals?

Mexico Should Adopt Overdue Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards

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WASHINGTON (March 29, 2016) – Leading U.S. and Mexico clean air and health advocates today urged the Mexican government to stand up to polluters and finalize long-delayed heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards, critically needed to address the country’s harmful air pollution…

Supreme Court Nominee Deserves Fair Hearing, Consideration

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WASHINGTON (March 16, 2016) – President Obama this morning is scheduled to nominate a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: