Texas Legislature Votes to Squash Communities' Right to Say "No" to Fracking
Photo by Daniel Mayer The Texas State Senate passed a bill today--HB 40, passed by the state House of Representatives just a few weeks prior--designed to...
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Feds to GE: You're Still on the Hook for Toxic PCBs in Hudson River Fish
A new report released yesterday by two federal agencies (U.S. Fish and Wildlife and NOAA) and the State of New York highlights a fact the General Electric...
Mixed Bag: OH Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Fracking Ordinances, But Leaves Door Open for Communities to Adopt Protections
Sometimes life gives you lemons, and -- at the same time -- the right ingredients to make lemonade. While that may not be a perfect metaphor for the Ohio...
Don't Mess with Denton: Groups Move to Intervene in Defense of Local Ordinance
Today, the Denton Drilling Awareness Group (Denton DAG) and Earthworks , assisted by attorneys from NRDC, Earthjustice, and the Texas local government law firm...
A Casino in a Forest? Why One New York Gaming Proposal Should Be Rejected
This week, NRDC submitted written comments affirming a message we voiced to the New York Gaming Facilities Location Board last week at a public hearing in...
PA Citizens Take Action into Their Own Hands as DEP Finally Comes Clean
It only took five years, but the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) finally released a list of all the confirmed cases where “DEP...