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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 

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…

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EPA's Pruitt Outs Himself as Climate Denier

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WASHINGTON -- Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, today made a flat-out untrue statement, claiming that carbon dioxide generated by human activity is not the primary cause of climate change.

NRDC and 136 Groups Denounce Trump Deregulatory Order

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WASHINGTON – In advance of President Trump’s address to Congress, NRDC and 136 other groups sent a letter to the White House today opposing the President’s Jan. 30 executive order that requires agencies to repeal two regulations for each new…

Trump Launches Attack on Clean Water

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WASHINGTON - President Trump signed an executive order today directing his administration to rewrite the Clean Water Rule.

Minnesota Introduces Legislation to Save Bees and Support Farmers

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CHICAGO – Legislation introduced today will help both Minnesota farmers and beekeepers by closing a loophole allowing unchecked use of bee-toxic pesticides. Under current Minnesota law, seeds treated with neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics) are not technically counted as a pesticide application…

Trump Executive Order Could Gut Health, Safety, Environmental Protections

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WASHINGTON (February 24, 2017) – President Trump today signed an executive order directing each administrative agency and department to designate a “regulatory reform officer” and to establish a “regulatory reform task force,” according to press reports. The order implements the…

Pruitt Emails Demonstrate Cozy Ties to Polluters

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WASHINGTON – The Oklahoma state attorney general’s office released emails this week, as required by a state court, shedding light on the relationship between industry and Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, while he served…

NRDC Files FOIA Request Related to EPA Press Release Announcing Pruitt

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WASHINGTON – The Natural Resources Defense Council today filed a Freedom of Information Act request for materials and communications related to the creation of a press release announcing Scott Pruitt as the new Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…