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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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Waste Confidence Petition for Review (PDF)

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On February 17, 2011, NRDC filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Waste Confidence" and "Temporary Storage Rules."

NRDC's Amicus Response in Support of Friends of the Earth (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council submitted this amicus response in support of the Opening Brief and Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing filed by Friends of the Earth on January 11th, 2013 pursuant to the December 20th, 2012 Scheduling...

EPA, NRDC, Others Reach HFC Leak and Reclaim Agreement (PDF)

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NRDC and a coalition of states and cities have reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, whereby the agency agreed to a timeline for implementing a congressional mandate to issue federal standards curbing leaks of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-potent climate-warming...

Complaint in NRDC v. McCarthy (PDF)

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Federal district court complaint filed on 4/22/16 against EPA for failing to review and approve revisions to California's water quality standards.

Rusty Patched Complaint (PDF)

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Complaint filed in ESA deadline suit to list as endangered the rusty patched bumble bee.

Brief on Behalf of the NRDC in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, March 28, 2012 (PDF)

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NRDC Briefs and Comments regarding Pebble Mine / Bristol Bay, 2012-2014.Brief on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c) of...

Comments on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Determination to Restrict the Use of an Area as a Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska, September 18, 2014 (PDF)

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NRDC Briefs and Comments regarding Pebble Mine / Bristol Bay, 2012-2014.Brief on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c) of...