10/23/2009 - EPA to Issue Strict Rules for U.S. Power Plant Air Toxics

10/19/2009 - California Adopts Flawed Mileage-Based Auto Insurance Regulations

10/1/2009 - LA Ports Meet Clean Air Goals Years Ahead of Schedule

7/10/2009 - Court Rejects Bush Administration Air Pollution Waivers

7/1/2009 - Shipping Industry Must Use Cleaner Fuel, Says Court

6/30/2009 - U.S. EPA Grants Landmark California Emissions Waiver

4/29/2009 - SoCal Ports' Clean Truck Plans Overcome Court Challenge

4/28/2009 - President Obama's First 100 Days: A Fast Start on Energy and the Environment

4/24/2009 - First Low Carbon Fuel Standard in U.S. Brings Cleaner Air to California

4/17/2009 - EPA Takes Big Step to Reduce Carbon Pollution

3/24/2009 - Coal Mining Companies Put On Notice by EPA

3/20/2009 - Ports' Air Quality Gains from Clean Trucks Plan in Jeopardy

2/19/2009 - California Budget Done, Now Millions Breathe More Dirty Diesel Fumes

2/17/2009 - EPA Takes a Critical Step Forward on Regulating C02

2/10/2009 - EPA Blocks Loophole to Stop Industrial Polluters and Reduce Smog

12/18/2008 - EPA Administrator Illegally Declares No Regulation for Carbon Dioxide

12/12/2008 - Cleaner Diesel Trucks Ordered By CA Air Board

12/10/2008 - EPA Abandons Rules That Would Have Meant More Power Plant Pollution

12/4/2008 - "Reality" Coalition Launches Campaign Debunking "Clean Coal" Myth

12/3/2008 - Americans Want Clean Energy, Not More Oil to Solve Energy Crisis

12/2/2008 - Cliffside Must Clean Up: Court Finds Violations of Clean Air Act

11/10/2008 - Clean Air Advocates Sue Feds to Save Clean Trucks

10/29/2008 - Feds Attempt to Block Clean Air Gains at CA Ports

10/16/2008 - Don't Be Fooled by Bogus Renewable Energy Measures, Say California Conservation Groups

10/15/2008 - California Climate Plan is "Irreversible Momentum" in Fight Against Global Warming, Says NRDC

10/15/2008 - President Signs Major Mercury Protection Bill into Law

10/10/2008 - A Mixed Finish for 2008 Environmental Bills in California, Says NRDC

10/7/2008 - California Environmental, Public Health Laws Inconsistently Enforced, New Report Finds

10/1/2008 - Historic Clean Trucks Plans Roll Through Ports of LA and Long Beach

10/1/2008 - Critical California Port Pollution Bill Vetoed

9/25/2008 - Landmark U.S. Global Warming Plan for Power Plants Launches

9/23/2008 - NRDC Urges Governor to Sign Bills to Reduce Global Warming and Ports Pollution

9/15/2008 - Federal Court Rules Clean Air, Wildlife, Quiet Must Come First in America's Oldest National Park

9/11/2008 - Big Refinery Settlement Sets Strong National Precedent

9/10/2008 - Court Rules Against Truckers in SoCal Ports Clean Air Case

9/2/2008 - EPA to Act on California Clean Air Plan Under Court Settlement

8/19/2008 - Court Strikes Down Bush Administration Pollution Monitoring Loophole, Upholds Public's Right to Know

8/18/2008 - Suit Challenges Legality of Air Credits to SoCal Polluters

7/31/2008 - California Public Utilities Commission Adopts New Energy Efficiency Goals for Investor Owned Utilities

7/29/2008 - Suit Prevents New Polluting Power Plants in Low-Income Neighborhoods

7/28/2008 - Trucking Industry Sues to Stall Southern California Clean Air Plans

7/15/2008 - Ports Clean-Up Bill Nears Final Passage in California Legislature

7/9/2008 - NRDC Fights BP Air Permits in Federal Court

6/23/2008 - New Analysis Shows California's Landmark Global Warming Law Will Prevent Thousands of Illnesses and Save Billions in Health Costs

6/6/2008 - NRDC Launches Campaign to Force EPA to Strengthen Deficient Toxic Air Regulations

5/29/2008 - Lawsuit Seeks to Strengthen Weak Clean Air Plan for Southern California

5/27/2008 - Health, Environmental Groups Enforce the Clean Air Act to Protect Americans from Smog

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

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

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

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

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

2/8/2008 - Environmental Safeguards Under Attack

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

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

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

12/6/2007 - California Officials Set Specific Global Warming Pollution Targets for First Time

10/24/2007 - Court Rebuffs Shipping Industry Attempt to Derail Key Air Pollution Safeguard

10/24/2007 - Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Testifies At Congressional Subcommittee Hearing On America's Climate Security Act

10/17/2007 - Statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on the Introduction of America's Climate Security Act by Senators Joe Lieberman and John Warner

10/10/2007 - NRDC Supports National Academy of Sciences Biofuels Report

10/9/2007 - Record-Breaking $4.6 Billion Clean Air Act Settlement Announced

10/5/2007 - NRDC Views Dingell/Boucher White Paper as Constructive Move Toward Dealing with Global Warming

9/21/2007 - International Agreement Likely to Phase-out Ozone-Destroying Chemicals

9/20/2007 - Polluting Ports Break Clean Air Promises, Fail to Curb Deadly Pollution

9/13/2007 - New Study: Smog Poses Greater Health Risk Because of Global Warming

9/12/2007 - Green Light for Vermont and California's Clean Car Standards

8/29/2007 - Settlement Reached in Dispute Over Port of Stockton Development Plans

8/23/2007 - Unfathomable: EPA Decides Oil Refinery Air Pollution is Clean Enough to Ignore

8/6/2007 - SoCal Air Agency Approves Massive Pollution Initiative

8/2/2007 - Press Conference and Rally with Community Advocates Calling on the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to Reject Massive Pollution Initiative

7/13/2007 - SoCal Air Agency Forced to Reconsider Major Polluting Decision

7/3/2007 - NRDC: Mary Nichols is Strong Choice for California Air Board

6/22/2007 - Clean Air Advocates Demand a Stronger Smog Clean-up Plan

6/11/2007 - Court Shuts Down Illegal EPA Incinerator Rule

5/24/2007 - Bill Directs EPA to Cut Air Pollution at Nation's Ports

5/8/2007 - Department of Energy Allowing America's Energy to Waste Away

5/4/2007 - Statement by David Pettit, director, Southern California Air Quality Project, Natural Resources Defense Council and Martin Schlageter, director, Campaign and Advocacy, Coalition for Clean Air

4/25/2007 - EPA Proposal Allows Massive Pollution Increases

4/17/2007 - How Green is My Ethanol?

4/10/2007 - Administration Ignores Supreme Court, Punts on Global Warming, Oil Savings

4/6/2007 - San Francisco Clean Construction Ordinance Paves Way for State Action to Cut Diesel Pollution

4/2/2007 - Supreme Court Ruling Removes Obstacle to California Clean Cars Law; Justices Say Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide is Pollution

3/28/2007 - Sen. Bingaman's Bill Gets Biofuels Policy Wrong

3/21/2007 - Windows Vista Delivers Significant Energy Savings for Home, Business Users

3/14/2007 - New MIT Coal Report Sees Pressing Need for Global Warming Action

3/14/2007 - New Plan Brightens Future for Clean, Efficient Lighting

3/13/2007 - Fouling of Region’s Water Bodies by Air Pollution Must Be Stopped, Says NRDC

3/13/2007 - Washington Riding Expressway to High-Mileage Cars

3/9/2007 - New Energy Efficiency Bill Draws Broad Support from Business, Conservation Groups

3/2/2007 - EcoProcrastination: Will GE Derail Diesel Locomotive Cleanup?

2/26/2007 - Western Governors Launch Global Warming Initiative

2/5/2007 - NRDC, CCA Seek to Join Legal Battle against Polluting Ships Docking at CA

1/23/2007 - Cutting Gas Consumption Will Help Curb Global Warming

1/17/2007 - New Report Touts Vast Energy Efficiency Potential in Texas

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