Court Strikes Down Dirty Power Scheme
The Trump administration’s illegal replacement of the Clean Power Plan had put corporate polluters ahead of our environment and health. ...
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NRDC and Partners Sue the Trump Administration for Failing to Update Dozens of Energy Efficiency Standards
The Energy Department has failed to meet its legal requirements to update standards for both household and commercial appliances, costing consumers and business...
Oil and Gas Industry Halts Its Efforts to Use Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic Ocean
In rare good news, the permits that allow fossil fuel companies to use deafening airguns—which harm many marine species—will expire on November 30 and not b...
Trump Administration Allows Oil and Gas Drilling in 1.5 Million Acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Interior Department is opening up the entire Coastal Plain of the refuge to polluters—at the expense of Indigenous peoples' traditional ways of life, nume...
EPA Tries to Sign Away Authority to Regulate Water-Polluting Uranium Mining
Every single instance of uranium mining leads to the contamination of the surrounding aquifer. Yet the agency is leaving the industry virtually unchecked. ...
Dealing Blow to Big Oil, Court Reinstates Rule that Prevents the Leaking, Flaring of Potent Methane Gas
Siding with NRDC and our partners, a federal court ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when it undid the Methane Waste Prevention Rule, which prot...