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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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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Trophy Hunting Council

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Conservation and animal protection groups sued the Trump administration today for illegally establishing the “International Wildlife Conservation Council,” an advisory panel stacked with people who have personal or financial interests in killing or importing rare or endangered animals from overseas.

Court Orders Seafood Import Ban to Save Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise

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NEW YORK— Responding to a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Court of International Trade today ordered the Trump administration to ban seafood imports from Mexico caught with gillnets that kill the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. As few as…

Rural Households Spend Much More of Their Income on Energy Bills than Others

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WASHINGTON (July 18, 2018) -- Rural households across the United States spend a disproportionately high share of their income on energy bills—about 40 percent more than their metropolitan counterparts—but energy efficiency upgrades can help significantly, according to a report released…

Wheeler Suspends Protections from Toxic Coal Ash

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WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said today that it is delaying important safeguards from the toxic waste festering in about 2,000 dangerous coal ash ponds. EPA is eliminating testing requirements and allowing industry to continue operating storage pits that…