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

June 28, 2024 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

June 25, 2024 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

June 20, 2024 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 Report Urges Congress to Update Energy Dept. Mandate to Keep Pace with Technology, Climate Crisis

November 13, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congress should update its nearly 15-year-old directives to the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure the United States responds to the urgency of the climate crisis and reaps the economic benefits of the clean energy economy, according to…

CDC: Deaths from Drug-Resistant Infections on the Rise

November 13, 2019 Press Release

Ending Overuse in Livestock Critical to Keeping Antibiotics Working for People

India Cooling Action Plan and Implementation Strategies Highlighted at a Sideline Event at the 31st Meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol

November 12, 2019 Press Release

ROME, ITALY – Global leaders gathered for the 31st Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Montreal Protocol in Rome this week to continue preparations for the implementation of the Kigali Amendment, the global deal to phase down and reduce…

NRDC Defends Clean Air from Bill that Would Boost Industry Air Pollution

November 6, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Newly proposed legislation would allow massive increases in dangerous air pollution from nearly 14,000 industrial emitting facilities across the United States, John Walke, a senior attorney and clean air director with the Natural Resources Defense Council, told the…

7th NRDC Annual Energy Report: Clean Opportunities and Dirty Challenges, Emissions Rising

November 6, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The United States is making significant clean energy advances, and well over half of the population now lives in states with climate pollution reduction targets, but the expansion of fracked gas and oil infrastructure threatens to derail America’s…

NRDC Announces Gina McCarthy as President & CEO

November 5, 2019 Press Release

13th Administrator of the U.S. EPA, who served under President Barack Obama, to join NRDC at the start of its 50th year

NRDC Sues Department of Energy Over Illegal Lighting Efficiency Standards Rollback

November 4, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today joined other environmental and consumer advocacy groups in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Energy’s rollback of energy-saving standards for the billions of light bulbs that fill about half…

Trump’s Paris Pullout “A Grave and Reckless Mistake”

November 4, 2019 Press Release

President Trump today formally notified the United Nations of his plans to withdraw the U.S. from the historic Paris Agreement on climate change. Under terms of the agreement, the U.S. would exit one year after U.N. notification, on November 4…

EPA’s Proposals Would Allow Coal Plants to Pollute Our Water

November 4, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to allow coal-burning power plants to dump more toxic substances into waterways and companies to keep open unlined, hazardous coal ash ponds.

Keystone Pipeline Spill Shows Enduring Danger of Tar Sands Oil

October 31, 2019 Press Release

The Keystone tar sands pipeline was shut down today after a spill in North Dakota, reportedly more than 378,000 gallons. The Keystone pipeline has had more than a dozen spills since it went into operation in 2010.