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Permitting Bill Is a Fossil Fuel Wolf in Clean Energy Clothing

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – This week Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso announced a permitting reform bill - the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 - that would dramatically alter the processes for reviewing the impacts of energy projects in the United…

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

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.

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Senate Funds Lands, Waters with Bipartisan Support

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WASHINGTON – The Senate is poised to pass the Great American Outdoors Act today, which will provide permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, something NRDC has long called for. The House is expected to pass the measure…

Pipeline Backers Face More Obstacles Despite Court Win

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WASHINGTON –The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today with respect to management of the Appalachian Trail for a crossing of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but the fracked gas pipeline still faces many obstacles due to its threats to the…

NJ Adopts Major Energy Efficiency Framework

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TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) today released the final implementation order for its “Energy Efficiency and Peak Demand Reduction” programs, which will put the state on a pathway to achieve its 2050 climate and…

NYS Legislature Passes Historic Series of Police Reforms

Press ReleaseNew York
ALBANY, N.Y. – Amid ongoing demands for justice, New York lawmakers passed a package of police reforms that aims to disrupt ways in which law enforcement misuses its power against Black communities, and helps break the patterns of systemic violence…

Amid National Emergency, Trump to Strip Ocean Protections

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WASHINGTON – President Trump is expected to issue an executive order this afternoon to strip essential protections from a highly protected ocean area — the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument — by lifting all restrictions on commercial fishing…

During Pandemic EPA Aims to Hamstring Clean Air Protections

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.WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed ​a new, dishonest way to calculate the costs and benefits of regulations under the Clean Air Act, in a maneuver designed to reduce EPA's ability to adopt protective clean air safeguards.

House Bill Advances Crucial Transportation Changes

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WASHINGTON - The House Transportation and Infrastructure committee introduced a landmark transportation reauthorization bill today that would help all communities benefit from just investments in many forms of transportation while helping to transition our country to a lower-carbon future

EPA Slashes State and Tribal Clean Water Rights

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WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency issued a regulation today that undermines states’ and tribes’ authority to protect clean water within their borders, a change that would help fossil-fuel companies and developers to the detriment of the rest of us.

FERC Sued to Stop Unlawful Jordan Cove LNG Terminal

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WASHINGTON – NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) filed a lawsuit today against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over its unlawful approval of a liquefied natural gas export facility near Coos Bay in Oregon.