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Northern Gateway No More - Controversial Tar Sands Pipeline Denied

November 13, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 13, 2015) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government is following through on an election promise to ban crude oil tanker traffic off the coast of northern British Columbia. This announcement will effectively kill the Northern Gateway…

Cuomo Vetoes Port Ambrose LNG Project, Clears Way for Offshore Wind Power

November 12, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

LONG BEACH, NY (November 12, 2015) – Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced he is vetoing the proposed Port Ambrose liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility off the cost of Long Island. The Natural Resources Defense Council is part of a…

European Food Safety Agency Allows Continued Human Exposure to Widely Used Herbicide

November 12, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 12, 2015) — A decision by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today sets the stage for the chemical glyphosate to stay on the market and to be used on food crops, despite its probable link to human…

Obama Administration Announces Landmark Plan for Conservation and Renewable Energy Development in California’s Mojave Desert

November 10, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 10, 2015) — The Department of Interior today released a milestone plan for conservation and renewable energy development on public lands in California’s Mojave Desert.

Illegal Diversion of Water Threatens to End Chinook Salmon Survival in California

November 10, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO (November 10, 2015) – Environmental groups filed a request yesterday to supplement their complaint against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and growers who flood irrigate rice in the Sacramento Valley for mismanaging water supplies that should have been…

President Obama Rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline for All the Right Reasons

November 6, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 6, 2015) – President Obama today rejected the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline -- for all the right reasons. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “This represents a…

State Attorneys General Should Defend the Public, Not Big Polluters

November 6, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 6, 2015) – Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced a $10 million-plus television ad campaign against the attorneys general of Florida, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin who are suing to block the country’s first-ever limits on…

Actor and Environmentalist Robert Redford Reacts to Keystone XL Rejection

November 6, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 6, 2015) – Natural Resources Defense Council trustee Robert Redford reacted to President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline with thanks to all involved in the fight today. The following is a statement from the…

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Weakens Protections, Should be Rejected

November 5, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 5, 2015) – The long-awaited text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was released today, revealing some fundamental problems in the proposed international trade agreement. The following is a statement from Jake Schmidt, International Program director at the Natural…

Representative Nesbitt Puts Clean Energy in House Crosshairs

November 4, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 4, 2015) - Representative Aric Nesbitt will attempt to rush his clean energy-killing legislation out of the House committee he chairs during a hearing on Wednesday. Following is a statement by Ariana Gonzalez, Energy Policy Analyst for the…

Major Poll Shows African Americans Strongly Back Climate Action, Believe Shifting to Clean Energy Will Create Jobs, Hold Down Electric Bills

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 4, 2015) –Two-thirds of African Americans believe global warming is a serious problem, they want action more than the population at large and they overwhelmingly support the Clean Power Plan to address the growing climate crisis, a major…

Eighteen States Join Case to Defend Clean Power Plan

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (Nov. 4, 2015) – The attorneys general of 18 states today launched a coordinated effort to defend the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan against legal challenge by Big Polluters and their allies seeking to block the first-ever limits…

EPA Conducted a Methodical Review of Pebble Mine Project, NRDC Analysis Finds

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 4, 2015) – An October 6 report signed by former Defense Secretary William Cohen that questioned the Environmental Protection Agency’s conduct in reviewing the Pebble Mine mineral exploration project is riddled with specious arguments and misstatements, an analysis…

Attorney General Miller Stands Up for Iowans by Helping to Protect the Clean Power Plan

November 4, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 4, 2015) – Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a group of attorneys general filing a motion supporting the Clean Power Plan. The historic effort to slash carbon pollution from power plants, the single largest source of…

GOP Leaders Intensify Assault on Protections against Carbon Pollution, Dirty Drinking Water and Smog

November 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 2, 2015) -- The anti-public health, anti-environment Republican leadership in Congress is planning its most intense assault yet on environmental protections. Starting as early as tomorrow and continuing through November, they plan votes in both chambers to block…

Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Still Should be Rejected

November 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2015) -- TransCanada today asked the Obama Administration to pause its review of its proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The following is a statement by Anthony Swift, director of the Canada Project at the Natural Resources…

EPA Proposes to Ban Pesticide’s Use in Agriculture

October 30, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 30, 2015) — The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to ban all agricultural use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, because of the health risks from contaminated drinking water. The agency said it will issue a final decision by the…

Kirk Siding With Polluters On Vote to Dismantle Clean Power Plan

October 28, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (October 28, 2015) – Despite the vast majority of Illinoisans who demand action on climate change, POLITICO is reporting that Senator Mark Kirk has decided to side with polluters by announcing he will vote to repeal the Clean Power…

Congress Shouldn’t Try to Block Clean Power Plan’s Huge Health and Climate Benefits

October 27, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 27, 2015) –Members of Congress have introduced resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act this week, seeking to block the Clean Power Plan, the landmark initiative to cut the dangerous carbon pollution from power plants fueling climate…

Health and Environmental Groups Defend Crucial Clean Power Plan in Court

October 27, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 27, 2015) –Nine leading public health and environmental organizations have stepped up to defend the landmark Clean Power Plan in the federal appeals court in Washington, saying the plan is a crucial step to curb the carbon pollution…