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4/29/2013 - President Taps Transportation Leader to Succeed Secretary LaHood

4/25/2013 - Southern California to Save 40 Billion Gallons of Imported Water Annually by 2035

4/18/2013 - Nebraskans’ Message: We Know More Now Why Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Would be a Colossal Mistake

4/18/2013 - NRDC: Energy Efficiency Bill Promotes the Cleanest, Cheapest Energy

4/18/2013 - Iconic Mumbai Building Make Business Case for Energy Efficiency Upgrades

4/17/2013 - New York Town Repeals Fracking Gag Order After Free Speech Lawsuit

4/16/2013 - Indian City Launches First-Ever Heat Wave Preparation and Warning System

4/11/2013 - Groups Seek Investigation into Mexico’s Approval of Four “Mega Resorts”

4/10/2013 - Sally Jewell Confirmed As Department of the Interior Secretary

4/10/2013 - NRDC: President’s Budget Targets Oil Subsidies and Takes Aim at Climate Change

4/9/2013 - Great Beer Needs Clean Water: NRDC Partners with Craft Brewers to Protect the Clean Water Act

4/4/2013 - NRDC Announces Winners of the 2013 Growing Green Awards

3/29/2013 - New Gasoline and Auto Pollution Standards Will Save Lives, Money and Clear Our Air

3/28/2013 - Weak Ballast Water Permit Opens U.S. Waters to Continued Invasion

3/27/2013 - NRDC Report: More than 10,000 Pesticides Approved by Flawed EPA Process

3/26/2013 - NRDC & Major Utilities Push for National Water-Saving Measure

3/25/2013 - NRDC President: Obama Preserves Vital Lands and Stories of America

3/25/2013 - California Considers Efficiency Standards for Over a Dozen New Products

3/23/2013 - Senate Rejects Bid to Block Carbon Standards

3/22/2013 - Grandstanding on Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Changes Nothing

3/20/2013 - NRDC: To Fight Superbug Crisis, Public Needs More Data on Farm Animal Drugs

3/14/2013 - NRDC Trio of Women Recognized as Top Environmental Leaders Under 40

3/13/2013 - Murray and Ryan Budgets: Careful Stewardship Versus Mishandling of Environment, Health and Energy

3/13/2013 - Report: Two-Thirds of Depleted Fish Stocks Rebound Under Federal Fisheries Law

3/12/2013 - Reps. Waxman, Blumenauer and Sen. Whitehouse Spotlight Need to Reduce Threat of Climate Change

3/12/2013 - Ryan Budget Solidifies Sequester Cuts to Parks, Clean Water, Public Health and is a Vision of a 19th Century Energy Policy

3/7/2013 - New Partnership Releases Path-breaking Guide to Stimulate Private Investment in Natural Infrastructure Nationwide

3/5/2013 - NRDC to host Game Changer Awards Gala at the Mandarin Oriental, March 14, 2013; Big League Execs Honored for Pioneering Environmental Work in Professional Sports

3/4/2013 - President Obama to Nominate Gina McCarthy as EPA Administrator; Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary

3/1/2013 - Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline: State Department Papers Over Climate Issues

3/1/2013 - Appeals Court Upholds Endangered Species Act Protection for Polar Bears

3/1/2013 - KXL Tar Sands Pipeline: The More We Learn, The Worse it Looks

2/27/2013 - Rep. Luján Hosts Briefing that Highlights Latino Support to Combat Climate Change and NRDC Carbon Pollution Solution

2/27/2013 - NRDC: Which Would You Cut? $8 Billion in Oil Subsidies, or Education, Parks and Clean Water

2/19/2013 - Survey: Latinos Reject Rubio Approach to Climate Change, Clean Energy

2/17/2013 - “Forward on Climate” Rally: More Than 35,000 strong March on Washington for Climate Action

2/14/2013 - NRDC: Lautenberg a Champion for Our Environment and Health

2/13/2013 - NRDC Post-State of the Union Poll: 60 Percent of Americans Support Presidential Action to Fight Ravages of Climate Change

2/13/2013 - NRDC: Obama to Use Presidential Powers to Take On Climate Change

2/12/2013 - New York Puts Indefinite Pause on Fracking Decision

2/12/2013 - NRDC President: Congress Should Enact Public Health and Environment Safeguards Before Any Further Expansion of Natural Gas Fracking Occurs

2/12/2013 - New York Fracking Gag Order Violates Freedom of Speech

2/8/2013 - NRDC-Farmworker Justice: Overdue Standards Better Protect People from Human Pesticide Tests

2/7/2013 - East Coast States Strengthen Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Set Model for Nation

2/6/2013 - 60 Groups urge Kerry to continue strong leadership on climate change

2/6/2013 - President Obama to Nominate Sally Jewell as Interior Secretary

2/5/2013 - New EPA Data Confirms the Need to Reduce Carbon Pollution from Power Plants

2/4/2013 - Sen. Murkowski’s “Energy Blueprint” Relies on Playbook from the Past

2/1/2013 - NRDC: Energy Secretary Chu an Invaluable Guide on Path Toward Energy Independence

1/31/2013 - NRDC: Debt Ceiling Delay Doesn’t Avoid Possible Cuts to Parks, Air, Water

1/29/2013 - NRDC: Kerry a Champion for Action against Climate Change

1/29/2013 - New Permit Would Allow Navy to Harm Millions of Marine Mammals

1/28/2013 - NRDC: Sandy Relief Helps Victims Recover, But Also Impedes Protection of Oceans and Lands

1/24/2013 - NRDC: Whitehouse-Waxman Task Force Will Help Nation Address Climate Change

1/24/2013 - Governor Brown’s State of the State: California has Many Opportunities in 2013 to Invest in Clean Energy and Its People

1/21/2013 - NRDC: President Sounds a Call to Action on Climate Change

1/17/2013 - New Research Shows Climate Emissions from Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Much Worse Than Reported

1/16/2013 - New Plan Offers an Effective, Affordable Package of California Water Supply and Bay-Delta Fisheries Solutions

1/16/2013 - NRDC: Salazar Marked Gains in Protecting Wildlife & Lands

1/15/2013 - Extreme Weather Map Shows 3,527 Monthly Weather Records Shattered in 2012

1/11/2013 - National Climate Assessment Cements Need for Action on Climate Now

1/11/2013 - Supreme Court Agrees to Hear California Clean Trucks Case

1/9/2013 - Governor Cuomo Reveals Boost for Clean Energy, Weather Resiliency in State of the State Speech

1/8/2013 - NOAA Record Heat Report Demands Action on Climate Now

1/8/2013 - Supreme Court Returns Los Angeles County Water Ruling to Lower Court

1/7/2013 - Broad Coalition Urges President Obama to Tackle Climate Change for Our Families and the Planet

1/3/2013 - NRDC, The Wilderness Society Call for Immediate Hold on Offshore Arctic Drilling

1/1/2013 - Environment, Energy Programs Survive Fiscal Cliff Vote

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