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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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NRDC Urges Senate to Delay Pruitt's Confirmation Vote

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WASHINGTON – The Senate should postpone its scheduled vote today on Scott Pruitt's nomination as Environmental Protection Agency administrator until members can fully examine his years-long private communications with the fossil fuel industry while serving as Oklahoma's attorney general, the…

Pruitt Should Protect, Not Harm, Public Health and the Environment

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WASHINGTON – More senators voted against a president’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency today than in the agency’s 46-year history. It’s no wonder, because Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is unfit for the job as EPA administrator.

Food Manufacturers Embrace Improved Food Date Labels

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WASHINGTON – The two major food industry retail and manufacturer associations today announced voluntary guidelines to help make date labeling on food products less confusing and eliminate a key cause of consumer food waste in the U.S.

Rusty Patched Bumble Bee May Not Survive Trump Executive Order

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CHICAGO – In a last-minute reversal of fortune that could push the rusty patched bumble bee beyond the brink, federal protections for the first bumble bee to be listed as an endangered species were frozen due to a Trump administration…

Carbon Tax, Yes. Clean Air Rules Rollback, No.

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WASHINGTON - A group of political and business leaders called today for a carbon tax to address the growing dangers of climate change. Natural Resources Defense Council President Rhea Suh made the following statement in response:

NRDC and Partners Sue Trump Administration Over 2-for-1 Regulations Order

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WASHINGTON – The Natural Resources Defense Council, together with Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America, sued the Trump administration today, seeking to block a January 30 executive order requiring agencies to repeal two existing regulations for each new…

Trump Administration Greenlights Dakota Access Pipeline: NRDC Reaction

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WASHINGTON – Despite a commitment to perform a full environmental assessment of the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Army Corps of Engineers announced the approval of the controversial project today. The move comes soon after President Trump’s memorandum calling for a…

GOP Launches Assault on Health Protections, Safeguards

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WASHINGTON – Republicans in both houses of Congress today are launching an effort to undo key public health and environmental safeguards and bar agencies from issuing future protections that are “substantially the same” without congressional approval. The GOP’s first targets…

NRDC Sues EPA Over Withdrawal of Mercury Protection Rule

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NEW YORK – The Natural Resources Defense Council today sued the Environmental Protection Agency for illegally rescinding a rule that would protect the public from more than five tons of mercury discharges each year.

Senate Democrats Right to Block GOP Rushed Vote on Pruitt

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WASHINGTON – Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today blocked a GOP-led rush to vote on the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

Senate Should Reject ‘Polluter’ Cabinet Nominees Zinke and Perry

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WASHINGTON (Jan. 31, 2017) – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted today to approve the nominations of Rep. Ryan Zinke for Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior and former Texas Governor Rick Perry for Secretary of…