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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

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON - Pioneering climate scientist and founding board member of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) George Woodwell died June 18.

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NRDC Delivers Comments to EPA Urging Strong Car Standards

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – NRDC President Manish Bapna and leaders from other public interest groups met with EPA Administrator Michael Regan today to deliver tens of thousands of public comments urging the agency to enact strong clean car standards.

Legislation Offers Path Forward on Nuclear Waste

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) introduced legislation today that could end a 60-year impasse over our nation’s nuclear waste.

EPA’s Fast Move on HFCs Benefits Jobs, Health and Climate

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to finalize rules Thursday implementing the core requirements of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, passed on a bipartisan basis by Congress last year to transition away from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are…

Biden Pledges to Double U.S. International Climate Finance

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – At the United Nations today, President Biden announced that the United States will double its contribution to international climate finance as a part of the Paris agreement effort to help developing countries reduce climate emissions and adapt to…

The U.S. Should Raise its International Climate Finance to $12 Billion Per Year

Press ReleaseUnited States
Leading aid, development, faith-based, and environmental groups today are urging the Biden Administration to commit to significantly increase the U.S. contribution in international climate finance, which would be used to protect vulnerable countries, spur greater climate action and persuade other…

U.S.-EU Methane Pledge Invites Countries to Rein in a Major Climate Pollutant

Press ReleaseUnited States, International
President Biden announced today that the United States and the European Union have pledged to reduce emissions of methane, a powerful but short-lived pollutant arising from livestock, waste, and oil, gas and coal operations—all contributing to climate change.

House Tax Bill Makes Progress on Clean Energy

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – The House Ways and Means Committee is debating legislation today that would establish and extend important tax provisions to advance clean energy and force polluters to pay for the damage they cause.

House Panel Poised for Historic Action on Climate, Equity, Jobs & Health

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to vote on Monday on landmark legislation moving the country to 80 percent clean electricity, expanding clean vehicles, creating jobs and protecting communities from unsafe drinking water and climate impacts.

California Bill Passes to Reduce GHG Emissions from Cement

Press ReleaseCalifornia
SACRAMENTO – A bill aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the production of cement is headed to Governor Newsom’s desk today after passing out of the state legislature. Cement is a major source of local air pollution and California's…

EPA Signals It Will Protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Press ReleaseAlaska
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will ask a federal court to allow the agency to vacate its own prior decision to lift safeguards against Pebble Mine, the massive open-pit gold and copper mine proposed for…