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McSweeney’s and Natural Resources Defense Council Imagine the Planet’s Future

November 14, 2019 Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 14 2019)—McSweeney’s Issue 58: 2040 A.D., out December 3rd, is a speculative near-future climate fiction issue created in collaboration with NRDC. Each story in the issue is set in the year 2040, imagining what the world…

Federal Judge Approves Settlement Agreement to Retire E.D. Edwards Coal Plant

November 13, 2019 Press Release

Decision Launches 90 Day Period for Plaintiffs to Award $8.6 Million in Settlement Funds for Local Projects to Benefit Peoria-area Communities

Legal Action Initiated to Force Trump Administration to Halt U.S. Pangolin Trade

November 13, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON— A coalition of wildlife groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to propose pangolin protections under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

EPA Censoring Science to Block Health Safeguards

November 13, 2019 Press Release

The House Science Committee is holding a hearing today on a proposal by the Trump Environmental Protection Agency to limit the use of scientific data and research in federal rulemaking, which could block environmental standards that would protect public health.

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

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.

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…

REPORT: Most Fast Food Chains Get Poor Grades for Overuse of Antibiotics in Beef

October 31, 2019 Press Release

“Biggest Wannabe” Award Goes to Wendy’s; McDonald’s Gets “Biggest Moover”

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.

Bipartisan Bill Would Curb Climate-Harming HFCs

October 30, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of senators led by Sens. John Kennedy (R-LA) and Tom Carper (D-DE) today introduced the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, backed by industry and environmentalists, that would phase down the production of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs…

House Passes Public Lands Protection Bills

October 30, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives today passed two pieces of legislation that would offer key protection to treasured public lands.

Nuevo Reporte: Mariposa Monarca Entre 10 Especies Mas Amenazadas Por Pesticidas

October 30, 2019 Press Release

El Uso de Glifosato Erradica la Única Fuente de Alimento de la Oruga Monarca

New Report: Monarch Butterflies Among 10 Species Imperiled by Pesticides

October 30, 2019 Press Release

Use of Glyphosate Eradicates Monarch Caterpillars’ Only Source of Food

PA Lawmakers Vote to Expand Clean Transportation

October 30, 2019 Press Release

HARRISBURG, P.A. – The Pennsylvania Senate’s Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee today voted to advance the Pennsylvania Clean Transportation Infrastructure Act, a bipartisan effort to significantly advance electric vehicles (EVs) and charging stations across the state while helping tackle…