5/8/2008 - NRDC, Conservation Groups Develop Business-Supported Sustainable Seafood Plan

5/8/2008 - NRDC Statement on Tejon Ranch Conservation and Land Use Agreement

5/7/2008 - San Joaquin River Restoration Bill Moves Closer to Passage

5/7/2008 - Environmental Groups Fight Attempt to Repeal Crucial Climate Provision from 2007 U.S. Energy Bill

5/6/2008 - Environmental Groups to Duke Energy: Stop Illegal Construction of Cliffside or Face Lawsuit

5/6/2008 - Depleted Longfin Smelt Moves Toward Federal Endangered Species Status

5/6/2008 - California State Water Agency Disguises Massive New Diversions in Peripheral Canal Analysis, Says NRDC

5/5/2008 - Planned Oil Operations in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Challenged

5/1/2008 - New Report Lays Out Potential Implications of Global Warming Carbon Allowance Proposals on Consumers and Power Companies

5/1/2008 - EPA's Proposed Lead Standard Still Would Expose Public to Unsafe Lead Levels

4/30/2008 - New Department of Energy Study Shows Limit on Global Warming Pollution Compatible With Robust Economic Growth

4/29/2008 - Judge Orders Bush Administration to Stop Delaying Polar Bear Protection

4/29/2008 - Statement by Dale Bryk, senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on President Bush's Press Conference on the Economy

4/28/2008 - Conservation Groups Challenge Wolf Delisting in Federal Court

4/24/2008 - Critical Oceans Law Passes First Hurdle

4/24/2008 - Compromise Proposal for Ocean Protection Urged by Governor Schwarzenegger's Task Force

4/22/2008 - Earth Day: Celebrating Successes, Acknowledging Challenges

4/22/2008 - NRDC Launches Free Online B-Roll Service for TV and Web Journalists Covering Environmental Stories

4/17/2008 - Millions of Americans Will Be Safer in the Water; House Approves Beach Water Safety Bill

4/16/2008 - President puts forward global warming plan weaker than Presidential Candidates, Companies, Congress

4/16/2008 - Judge Tosses Biological Opinion for Salmon and Steelhead in California

4/15/2008 - NRDC Statement on EPA's Proposal to Weaken Drinking Water Health Protections for Small Communities

4/14/2008 - Senate Moves Towards Clean Energy Future by Extending Efficiency and Renewable Energy Measures

4/10/2008 - NRDC Proposes a Way Out of Needless Buffalo Slaughter

4/9/2008 - Yellow-Billed Loon Finally On the Road to Protection

4/4/2008 - Groups Settle Lawsuit Over River Islands Development

4/1/2008 - SoCal Air Quality Agency Faces Federal Lawsuit over Bogus Clean Air Credits

3/27/2008 - American West Heating Nearly Twice as Fast as Rest of World, New Analysis Shows

3/27/2008 - NRDC on EPA: There They Go Again

3/25/2008 - Radiation Monitors Cannot Reliably Detect Highly Enriched Uranium at U.S. Ports and Border Crossings

3/14/2008 - New EPA Diesel Rule Will Clean Up Dirty Trains and Ships

3/14/2008 - EPA Hides the Ball in Analysis of Global Warming Bill

3/12/2008 - Senators and Environmental Leaders Gather and Signal Unity for Action on Global Warming Legislation

3/12/2008 - EPA's New Smog Standards Fail To Let All Americans Breathe Easy

3/11/2008 - Major League Baseball Goes Green in Collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council

3/10/2008 - Environmental Groups Sue Bush Administration to Force Polar Bear Protection

3/10/2008 - Bush Administration Refuses to Protect Endangered Species Habitat in Michigan and Missouri National Forests

3/4/2008 - Local Citizens, Conservation Group File Suit Seeking Cleanup of Alleged Water Contamination in Dickson County, Tennessee

3/3/2008 - Lawsuit Charges L.A. County with Failing Clean Water Standards

3/1/2008 - Federal Appeals Court Rejects Bush Sonar Waiver

2/29/2008 - EPA to California: Drop Dead

2/28/2008 - 32 Coal-Fired Power Plants in 13 States Now Up in the Air After Major Court Ruling on Mercury

2/27/2008 - New Report Card Shows U.S. Ocean Health is Sinking

2/27/2008 - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Tax Breaks Pass House Vote

2/22/2008 - Oscar's Green Efforts Continuing for 80th Academy Awards

2/21/2008 - Bush Administration Announces Plan to Strip Wolves of Endangered Species Protection

2/14/2008 - Ratepayer Risk: New Study, Internal Docs Show AMP Electric Costs Spiraling

2/13/2008 - New Report Recommends Unilateral Steps for the Next U.S. President to Reduce Threat of Nuclear Weapons, Lead World to Eventual Ban

2/13/2008 - New York Becomes First City in Nation to Pass Electronics Recycling Law

2/11/2008 - 50th Annual Grammy Awards Goes Green

2/8/2008 - Environmental Safeguards Under Attack

2/6/2008 - Port of Long Beach Faces Federal Lawsuit over Empty Promises of "Greener" Operations

2/6/2008 - Navy Loses Second Sonar Case this Week

2/4/2008 - Bush Budget Guts Proven Energy Savers, Gives More Handouts to Coal, Oil and Nukes

2/4/2008 - Bush Budget Rewards Relic Industries, Strapped Natural Resources Take a Hit

2/4/2008 - Federal Court Rejects Bush Sonar Waiver

2/4/2008 - Acknowledging Growing Financial Risk, Top Banks Issue New Emission-Based Principles for Power Plant Loans

1/31/2008 - Opposition Builds Against Drilling Arctic's Chukchi Sea

1/30/2008 - New York City to Clean Up Waterways by Greening Roadways and Roofs

1/28/2008 - Bush Final Address Too Little, Too Late

1/28/2008 - Bush Administration Hiding Documents Detailing Impacts of Oil and Gas Development Plans in Polar Bear Habitat

1/25/2008 - Bush Administration Strips Protections from America's Largest Forest

1/24/2008 - NRDC Calls For a Legacy, Not Lip Service, in Bush's Final State of the Union

1/24/2008 - Conservation Groups Challenge Bush Administration Wolf Killing Plan

1/18/2008 - Unprecedented Highway Accord Means Cleaner Water for Southern California

1/17/2008 - Judge Issues Temporary, Partial Stay in Sonar Case

1/16/2008 - Bush Attempts Illegal Override of Court Order Protecting Whales from Sonar

1/16/2008 - Alberta Premier to Visit Washington

1/16/2008 - Groups Challenge EPA Regulation that Allows Pesticide Testing on Humans

1/16/2008 - Sonar Case Remanded to District Court

1/14/2008 - Lawsuit Challenges EPA Failure to Ensure Clean-Up of Nation's Filthiest Air

1/10/2008 - NRDC Calls on Major Airlines to Steer Clear of Highly Polluting New Fuel Types

1/10/2008 - Budget Cuts: Californians Won't Tolerate Park and Beach Closures

1/9/2008 - NRDC Lauds Passage of New York City Council Legislation Requiring Groceries, Retailers to Provide Plastic Bag Recycling for Consumers

1/7/2008 - Bush Administration to Miss Deadline for Polar Bear Endangered Species Act Listing

1/4/2008 - Feds Scrap Catskills Casino Plans

1/3/2008 - Federal Judge Orders Navy To Adopt Significant Mitigation Measures For Sonar Use

1/2/2008 - State, Environmental Coalition Sues to Get Feds Out of the Way on Global Warming

1/2/2008 - New Year Rings In Historic Crude Prices

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