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WASHINGTON (July 2, 2013) – The nation can significantly cut carbon pollution from power plants, the centerpiece of President Obama’s climate action plan, while adding thousands of new jobs and saving families money on their electric bills, according to a new analysis released by the Natural Resources Defense Council and business and labor groups.
WASHINGTON (June 26, 2013) –America’s beaches experienced over 20,000 closing and advisory days for the third consecutive year because of polluted water or threatened contamination, according to the 23rd annual beachwater quality report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Over 80 percent of the closings and advisories were issued because testing revealed bacteria levels in the water violated public health standards, confirming that serious water pollution persists at many U.S. shores. The primary known cause of this pollution is massive stormwater runoff and sewage.
BANGKOK (June 26, 2013) – As India rapidly expands its automobile and room air conditioning usage, which could strain the country’s electricity grid and substantially add to global warming emissions, it has a unique opportunity to “leapfrog” outdated refrigerant technology and build domestic and export industries based on more climate friendly alternatives, according to a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in consultation with the Confederation of Indian Industry.
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2013 - President Obama said today he would not okay the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline unless it "does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
WASHINGTON (June 25, 2013) - President Obama ordered the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants today, as part of a broad-based climate change initiative.
WASHINGTON (June 25, 2013) - President Obama is directing his administration to set the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from the single largest source - power plants - as part of a national initiative to combat climate change.
Washington (June 22, 2013) -- The following is a statement from Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, following President Obama's announcement this afternoon that he will issue a plan on Tuesday to combat climate change.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 20, 2013) – Today a coalition of conservation groups (the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Gulf Restoration Network, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club) announce a major settlement agreement with the Department of the Interior and oil and gas industry representatives, to protect whales and dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico from high-intensity airgun surveys. The settlement requires new safeguards, including putting biologically important areas off-limits, expanding protections to additional at-risk species, and requiring the use of listening detection devices to better ensure surveys do not injure endangered sperm whales. The agreement was filed in the case of NRDC v. Jewell, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
WASHINGTON, DC – A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a lawsuit today asking the federal court to set a deadline for the Obama Administration to take action on overdue standards for ozone (or “smog”) pollution.
SAN FRANCISCO (June 19, 2013) – The modems, routers, and other household small network equipment used by America’s 88 million high-speed Internet subscribers consume about $1 billion worth of electricity annually but more efficient models could cut consumer bills by at least $330 million, according to a groundbreaking analysis released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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