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Clean Energy Now for a Safer Climate Future

ReportUnited StatesJacqueline Ennis, Amanda Levin
Pathways to net zero in the United States by 2050

The EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Can Be Built to Last

Issue BriefUnited StatesLissa Lynch, David Doniger
The EPA has a firm legal basis for strong power sector standards that will accelerate the sector’s ongoing reduction of carbon pollution and help meet the urgent threat of climate change

Tapping the Power of Wetlands to Secure a Thriving Planet

Issue BriefUnited StatesKate Poole
Even though wetlands cover only about 5 percent of the land in the coterminous United States, they support nearly half of all species federally listed as threatened or endangered, harbor more than 30 percent of plant species, and provide essential…

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NRDC Comments on the NRC Near-Term Task Force Recommendations (PDF)

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NRDC’s written comments filed on September 2, 2011 on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Near-Term task force recommendations being considered for implementation "without unnecessary delay."Note: NRDC Nuclear Program Director Christopher Paine provided extended oral comments on this same subject matter...

Comments on the Draft Assessments for American Lobster and Snow Crab (PDF)

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Comments submitted by NRDC to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program regarding the draft assessments for American lobster (Homarus americanus) – United States; American lobster (Homarus americanus) – Canada: Northwest Atlantic; and Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) – Canada Atlantic...

Comments on Problem Formulation and Initial Assessment Documents for Three Flame Retardant Clusters (PDF)

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Comments from Earthjustice, Natural Resources Defense Council and Washington Toxics Coalition on problem formulation and initial assessment documents for three flame retardant clusters:Chlorinated phosphate ester (CPE; TCEP) cluster flame retardants (EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015- 0068)Cyclic aliphatic bromides/ hexabromocyclododdecane (HBCD) cluster flame retardants (EPA–HQ–OPPT-2015-0081)Tetrabromobisphenol...

Joint Comments to U.S. DOI on the Incidental Take of Migratory Birds (PDF)

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Joint comments submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior on the incidental take of migratory birds from The American Bird Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, Edison Electric Institute, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, National Audubon Society, NRDC, Large Public Power...

Comment Letter on Lease Sale 258 in Lower Cook Inlet (PDF)

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Letter submitted by NRDC and seven other organizations to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, urging the revision of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and cancellation of Lease Sale 258, which would open up over a million acres in the...

NRDC Comments on the Montana Wolf Hunt - 2010 (PDF)

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Wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies threaten to undermine one of the greatest conservation successes in history. Wolf populations in the region have come very close to reaching sustainable levels, however state managed hunts may prevent populations from reaching those...

Idaho Wolf EA Comments (PDF)

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NRDC's Montana office submitted comments on the USDA’s Wildlife Services agency’s environmental assessment process evaluating the impacts of "alternatives for gray wolf damage management in Idaho."